Fixed group and opportunistic collaboration in a CSCL environment

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 161-181

  Siqin, Tuya ^a   Van Aalst, Jan ^b   Chu, Samuel Kai Wah ^b  

^a Chifeng University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fixed groups; Online discourse; Opportunistic collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924240806     PISSN: 15561607     EISSN: 15561615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11412-014-9206-7     Document Type: Article

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