A virtual student - Not an ordinary Joe

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-166

  King, Frederick B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Agents; Asynchronous distance education; Asynchronous learning; Collaborative learning; Community of learners; Distance education courses; Facilitator; Intelligent agents; Online learning; Virtual office hours; Virtual student

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ASYNCHRONOUS DISTANCE EDUCATION; ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS; DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSES; FACILITATORS; ONLINE LEARNING; VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS; VIRTUAL STUDENTS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 0042666188     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(02)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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