Kierkegaard and the internet: Existential reflections on education and community

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-180

  Prosser, Brian T ^a   Ward, Andrew ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Community; Computer mediated communication; Dreyfus; Education; Internet; Kierkegaard

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; TEACHING;

AUTHENTICITY; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DREYFUS; KIERKEGAARD;

EDUCATION;

EID: 67349171978     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010005605872     Document Type: Article

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