Introducing an external mentor in an international open ended group project

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Cajander, Åsa ^a   Clear, Tony ^b   Daniels, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Collaborative technology fit framework; Education research; International collaboration; Mentoring; Open ended group project

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SCAFFOLDS;

COLLABORATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; EDUCATION RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; MENTORING; OPEN-ENDED GROUP PROJECTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77951487965     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350627     Document Type: Conference Paper

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