Online communities of practice: Are they principled and how do they work?

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 710-716

  Molphy, Marylou ^a   Pocknee, Catherine ^a   Young, Terry ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blogs; Communication technologies; Knowledge building; Mp3; Online community of practice; Skype; Video clips; Wikis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; KNOWLEDGE BUILDING; MP3; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; SKYPE; VIDEO CLIPS; WIKIS;

BLOGS; EDUCATION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; VIDEO CAMERAS; WEBSITES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871022828     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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