Realising the potential of web 2.0 for collaborative learning using affordances

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-331

  Kuswara, Andreas U ^a   Richards, Debbie ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity Theory; Affordances; Collaborative Learning; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955514696     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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