The computer and the canoe: Web-based communities across the Pacific Islands

International Journal of Web Based Communities

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-16

  Iding, Marie ^a   Skouge, James ^a   Peter, Joakim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Chuuk Culture and Educ Studs Proj   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Education; Immigration; Multimedia; Pacific Islands; Virtual community; Web based community

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

IMMIGRATION; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WEB-BASED COMMUNITY;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 78651565846     PISSN: 14778394     EISSN: 17418216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2008.016487     Document Type: Article

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