Online learning communities in the new ́Ú

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-517

  Thoms, Brian ^a   Garrett, Nathan ^a   Ryan, Terry ^a  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elgg; OLC; Online learning community; Social networking; Virtual university; Web 3.0

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

DESIGN RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; ELGG; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY; WEB 3.0;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 68649108844     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2009.027393     Document Type: Article

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