Threaded discussion as a tool in the asynchronous technology classroom

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Danchak, Michael M ^a   Kenyon, Kimberly ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Online learning; Threaded discussion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; DISTANCE EDUCATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ASYNCHRONOUS TECHNOLOGY CLASSROOM; ENGINEERING COURSES; ONLINE LEARNING; SCIENCE COURSES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0036957183     PISSN: 01905848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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