Communities of learners: Extending the boundaries of the learning experience through cross-institutional collaboration

Learning and Instruction in the Digital Age

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 237-257

  Gannon Leary, Pat ^a   Fontainha, Elsa ^b  

^a Bede Research and Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; CoLs monitoring and evaluation frameworks; Communities of learning; Communities of practice; Virtual learning communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052593595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1551-1_15     Document Type: Chapter

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