Fostering collaborative knowledge building by the effective provision of knowledge about the discussion process

International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-194

  Caballé, Santi ^a   Xhafa, Fatos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Architectures for educational technology system; Collaborative learning; Computer mediated communication; Interactive learning environments; Web based distance education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650684968     PISSN: 17438187     EISSN: 17438195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIDM.2009.026907     Document Type: Article

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