A connective ethnography of peer knowledge sharing and diffusion in a tween virtual world

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-68

  Fields, Deborah A ^a   Kafai, Yasmin B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connective ethnography; Knowledge diffusion; Knowledge sharing; Peer pedagogy; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149333168     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-008-9057-1     Document Type: Article

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