Information management and learning in computer conferences: Coping with irrelevant and unconnected messages

Instructional Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-289

  Schwan, Stephan ^a   Straub, Daniela ^a   Hesse, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge communication; Learning strategy; Reading patterns; Virtual seminar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036290307     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016060824635     Document Type: Article

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