Online collaborative learning in a project‐based learning environment in Taiwan: A case study on undergraduate students’ perspectives;L’apprentissage collaboratif en ligne dans un environnement d’apprentissage fondé sur les projets à Taiwan: Étude de cas sur les perspectives des étudiants de premier cycle;Online-kooperatives Lernen in einer projektbasierten Lernumgebung in Taiwan: Eine Fallstudie aus Sicht der Studenten;El aprendizaje colaborativo en línea dentro de un entorno de aprendizaje basado en proyectos, en Taiwan: Un estudio de caso sobre las perspectivas para los estudiantes de primer ciclo

Educational Media International

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-135

  Zhang, Ke ^a   Peng, Shiang Wuu ^b   Hung, Jui Long ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural e learning; Online collaborative learning; Peer collaboration; Problem solving; Project based learning; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951904820     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523980902933425     Document Type: Article

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