Designing for interaction: Six steps to designing computer-supported group-based learning

Computers and Education

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-424

  Strijbos, J W ^a   Martens, R L ^a   Jochems, W M G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Distance education and telelearning; Distributed learning environments; Interactive learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE EDUCATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PEDAGOGY; TELELEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 1242264873     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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