A purposive approach to content analysis: Designing analytical frameworks

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-59

  Gerbic, Philippa ^a   Stacey, Elizabeth ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMC; Collaborative learning; Content analysis; Deep and surface approaches to learning

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA TRANSFER; FEEDBACK; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TEACHING; TELECONFERENCING;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS (CMC); CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEEP AND SURFACE APPROACHES TO LEARNING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 15344346094     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2004.12.003     Document Type: Article

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