Our world as a learning system: A communities-of-practice approach

Social Learning Systems and Communities of Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-124

  Snyder, William M ^a   Wenger, Etienne ^a  

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EID: 84874618323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84996-133-2_7     Document Type: Chapter

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