Do international online collaborative learning projects impact ethnocentrism?

E-Learning

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-146

  Boehm, Diane ^a   Kurthen, Hermann ^b   Aniola Jedrzejek, Lilianna ^c  

^a SAGINAW VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 77955630268     PISSN: 17418887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/elea.2010.7.2.133     Document Type: Article

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