Supporting social awareness in collaborative e-learning

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 295-306

  Lambropoulos, Niki ^a   Faulkner, Xristine ^b   Culwin, Fintan ^b  

^a London South Bank University ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

COLLABORATIVE E-LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DOCUMENT REPOSITORIES; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOCIAL AWARENESS; SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79960751842     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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