WISETales: Sharing personal stories as informal learning experience for women in science and engineering

2009 3rd IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies, DEST '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 55-60

  Sahib, Zina ^a   Vassileva, Julita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cold start; Motivation; Online community; Participation; Women in science and engineering

Indexed keywords

COLD START; INFORMAL LEARNING; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; SUPPORT NETWORKS; USER STUDY; WOMEN IN SCIENCE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STARTING;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 71649083186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DEST.2009.5276724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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