Sociality and learning in social software

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 501-514

  Hoogenboom, Tim ^a   Kloos, Martin ^a   Bouman, Wim ^a   Jansen, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

social software; social theory of learning; sociality; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649085071     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkl.2007.016708     Document Type: Article

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