Interactive Videoconferencing for collaborative learning at a distance in the school of 21st century: A case study in elementary schools in Greece

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-339

  Anastasiades, Panagiotes S ^a   Filippousis, George ^a   Karvunis, Labros ^a   Siakas, Spiros ^b   Tomazinakis, Arsitokritos ^c   Giza, Panagiota ^c   Mastoraki, Hellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c Elementary School Teachers   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Distance education and telelearning; Elementary education; Evaluation methodologies; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION TECHNIQUES; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELE-LEARNING; ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; FACE-TO-FACE LEARNING; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES; SOCIAL RELATIONS; SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING;

ANIMATION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; INTEROPERABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRENGTHENING (METAL); TEACHING; TELECONFERENCING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 71549149682     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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