Written interaction: A key component in online learning

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Lapadat, Judith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; ONLINE CONFERENCING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TECHNICAL WRITING;

ASYCHRONOUS CONFERENCES; INTERACTIVE WRITING; ONLINE AUDIENCE; ONLINE LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344045716     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2002.tb00158.x     Document Type: Review

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