Organizing cyberspace: Strategies for teaching about community practice and technology

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 95-109

  McNutt, John ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community practice; Internet; Social work; Teaching; Technology; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937326842     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v07n01_07     Document Type: Article

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