Collaborative learning in heterogeneous classes: Towards a group formation methodology

CSEDU 2011 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computer Supported Education

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 189-194

  Razmerita, Liana ^a   Brun, Armelle ^b  

^a ISV ^*  (Denmark)

^b LORIA   (France)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Group formation; Group work; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE WORK; ENHANCE LEARNING; GROUP COMPOSITION; GROUP FORMATION; GROUP FORMATIONS; GROUP PERFORMANCE; GROUP WORK; HOMOGENEOUS GROUP; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDIES; STUDENT GROUPS; WEB 2.0;

USER INTERFACES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80053030041     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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