Learning through ICT-enabled social networks

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 374-391

  Deng, Liqiong ^a   Poole, Marshall Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Double loop learning; ICT; ICT enabled social network; Information and Communication Technology; Network structural properties; Quality of interaction; Single loop learning

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

DOUBLE-LOOP LEARNING; EFFECTIVE LEARNING; INDIVIDUAL LEARNING; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; QUALITY OF INTERACTION; SINGLE-LOOP LEARNING; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THEORETICAL MODELING;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84859028168     PISSN: 14614111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2008.018655     Document Type: Article

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