Leveraging online communities in fostering adaptive schools

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-386

  Hung, David ^a   Lim, Kenneth Y T ^a   Chen, Der Thanq Victor ^a   Koh, Thiam Seng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive organization; Adaptive school; Community of interest; Community of learners; Community of practice; Online community; Paracommunity; Trust networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249166082     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-008-9051-7     Document Type: Article

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