A research framework for collaborative e-learning in an end-user training context

Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005: A Conference on a Human Scale

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 1783-1791

  Gupta, Saurabh ^a   Bostrom, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive structuration theory; Collaboration; e learning; End user training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE STRUCTURATION THEORY; COLLABORATION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGY; EMPIRICAL TESTING; END USER TRAINING; LEARNING OUTCOME; LEARNING PROCESS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC AREAS;

E-LEARNING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84869807948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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