An exploration of pre-service teachers' perceptions of learning to teach while using asynchronous discussion board

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-100

  Ajayi, Lasisi ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous discussion board; Distributed knowledge; Educational technology; Social learning; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649313874     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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