Connecting online learners with diverse local practices: The design of effective common reference points for conversation

Distance Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-338

  Wise, Alyssa Friend ^a   Padmanabhan, Poornima ^a   Duffy, Thomas M ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Communities of practice; Higher education; Online conversation; Online learning community; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350380850     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587910903236320     Document Type: Article

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