Learning and best practices for learning in open-source software communities

Computers and Education

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 98-108

  Singh, Vandana ^a   Holt, Lila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Instructional Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Interactive learning environments; Learning communities; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING COMMUNITY; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGY;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84871804005     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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