Culture-aware collaborative learning

Multicultural Education and Technology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-267

  Economides, Anastasios A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Communication; Culture; E learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949185720     PISSN: 1750497X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17504970810911052     Document Type: Article

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