Strategies for Developing a Community of Practice: Nine Years of Lessons Learned in a Hybrid Technology Education Master's Program

TechTrends

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-18

  Cowan, John E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; Community of Practice; Hybrid; Online; Retention; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055161735     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-011-0549-x     Document Type: Article

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