Supporting small-group learning using multiple Web 2.0 tools: A case study in the higher education context

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Laru, Jari ^a   Näykki, Piia ^a   Järvelä, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case study; Cloud based social software; Explorative analysis; Higher education; Small group collaboration

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN CLASSIFICATION; COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DEPENDENCY MODEL; EXPLORATIVE ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING ACTIVITY; LEARNING OUTCOME; SMALL GROUPS; SMALL-GROUP COLLABORATION; SMALL-GROUP LEARNING; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; WEB 2.0;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WEB SERVICES;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 82455162441     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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