A study of social participation and knowledge sharing in the teachers' online professional community of practice

Computers and Education

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-47

  Tseng, Fan Chuan ^a   Kuo, Feng Yang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING COMMUNITY; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84888218874     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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