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Introduction of Synchronous Peer Collaboration Activities in a Distance Learning Course

This paper presents the main findings, and lessons learned, from introducing a synchronous peer collaboration activity in a distance learning computer science course. Synergo, a software that supports such an approach, was used in this activity. The organizational, technical, and academic challenges...

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Published in:	IEEE transactions on education 2009-08, Vol.52 (3), p.305-311
Main Authors:	Xenos, M., Avouris, N., Stavrinoudis, D., Margaritis, M.
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