Web 2.0 technologies and back channel communication in an online learning community

TechTrends

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 41-51

  Kearns, Lorna R ^a   Frey, Barbara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Distance learning; Online learning; Social learning; Web 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954911183     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-010-0419-y     Document Type: Article

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