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Enabling professional learning in distributed communities of practice: Descriptors for multimedia objects

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Enabling professional learning in distributed communities of practice: Descriptors for multimedia objects. / Smith, Christine; Goodyear, Peter.
In: Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Vol. 22, No. 2, 04.1999, p. 133-145.

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Smith, C & Goodyear, P 1999, 'Enabling professional learning in distributed communities of practice: Descriptors for multimedia objects', Journal of Network and Computer Applications, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1006/jnca.1999.0087

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Smith, C., & Goodyear, P. (1999). Enabling professional learning in distributed communities of practice: Descriptors for multimedia objects. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 22(2), 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1006/jnca.1999.0087

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Smith C, Goodyear P. Enabling professional learning in distributed communities of practice: Descriptors for multimedia objects. Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 1999 Apr;22(2):133-145. doi: 10.1006/jnca.1999.0087

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Smith, Christine ; Goodyear, Peter. / Enabling professional learning in distributed communities of practice: Descriptors for multimedia objects. In: Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 1999 ; Vol. 22, No. 2. pp. 133-145.

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