Moving beyond case studies: applying social network analysis to study learning-as-participation

Learning: Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-112

  Eberle, Julia ^a   Stegmann, Karsten ^a   Fischer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

learning as participation; social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049296212     PISSN: 23735082     EISSN: 23735090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2015.1028712     Document Type: Article

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