Foundations of communities of practice: Enablers and barriers to participation

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 528-538

  Guldberg, K ^a   MacKness, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent Online Education Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communities of practice; Cpsquare; Etienne Wenger; Learner experiences; Online learning communities; Peripheral participation; Web 2.0 technologies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449428744     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2009.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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