An exploration of community in a knowledge forum classroom: An activity system analysis

Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 210-238

  Hewitt, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84924176261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511805080.012     Document Type: Chapter

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