Did we become a community? Multiple methods for identifying community and its constituent elements in formal online learning environments

User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 29-53

  Schwier, Richard A ^a   Daniel, Ben K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 84900628043     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-358-6.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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