The dynamics of online communities in the activity theory framework

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 155-166

  Baran, Bahar ^a   Cagiltay, Kursat ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Computer mediated communication; Online communities of practice; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650292851     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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