Demonstration of a discussion terminal for knowledge acquisition and opinion formation in science museums

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL

Volumn 8, Issue PART 1, 2007, Pages 376-378

  Knipfer, Kristin ^a   Zahn, Carmen ^b   Hesse, Friedrich W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EXHIBITIONS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MAMMALS;

CRITICAL THINKING; OPINION FORMATION; SCIENCE MUSEUM;

MUSEUMS;

EID: 69449091587     PISSN: 15734552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3115/1599600.1599672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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