An approach to encouraging and evaluating learner's knowledge contribution in web-based collaborative learning

Journal of Educational Computing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-135

  Lan, Yu Feng ^a   Lin, Pin Chuan ^a   Hung, Chun Ling ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^c CHIENKUO TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84872142365     PISSN: 07356331     EISSN: 15414140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/EC.47.2.a     Document Type: Article

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