A study explores cooperative learning at a distance

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Published: Jan 1, 1997
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17471/2499-4324/663
Keywords:
Educational Technology, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Computer Mediated Communication (CMC), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Cooperative learning

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Antonio Calvani
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze
Paolo Sorzio
Università di Padova, Padova
Bianca Maria Varisco
Università di Padova, Padova

Abstract

Discussion on the distance between the communities' information and the ideal way in which it is achieved in practice: the experiences of two groups that have worked together without ever meeting.

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (1997): TD12 - Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)
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Articles - Special Issue

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Author Biographies

Paolo Sorzio, Università di Padova, Padova

Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione, Laboratorio di Tecnologie Educative

Bianca Maria Varisco, Università di Padova, Padova

Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione, Laboratorio di Tecnologie Educative

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