Institutionalised collaborative tagging as an instrument for managing the maturing learning and knowledge resources

International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 70-84

  Maier, Ronald ^a   Thalmann, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collaborative tagging; KM; Knowledge management; Knowledge maturing; Knowledge objects; Learning objects; Metadata; Social software; Technology enhanced learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350289295     PISSN: 17535255     EISSN: 17535263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTEL.2008.020231     Document Type: Article

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