Virtual communities in schools as tools to promote social capital with high schools students

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-274

  Tomai, Manuela ^a   Rosa, Veronica ^a   Mebane, Minou Ella ^a   D'Acunti, Alessia ^a   Benedetti, Maura ^a   Francescato, Donata ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Evaluation methodologies; Learning communities; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTROL GROUPS; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOLS STUDENTS; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; LEARNING COMMUNITY; OFFLINE; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 74249122033     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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