Collaborative learning by modelling: Observations in an online setting

ASCILITE 2007 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 887-897

  Reimann, Peter ^a   Thompson, Kate ^a   Weinel, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chat; OLE; Postgraduate students; System dynamics modelling; Wiki

Indexed keywords

CHAT; OLE; POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; WIKI;

STUDENTS; SYSTEM THEORY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84870993736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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