Using asynchronous discussions to enhance student participation in CS courses

Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 111-115

  Bhagyavati, ^a   Kurkovsky, Stan ^a   Whitehead, Christopher C ^a  

^a University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous Discussions; Classroom Management; Computer Science; Course Related; Curriculum; Learning Communities; Split Deadlines; Student Engagement; Student Participation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SECURITY OF DATA; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT; COURSE RELATED; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; SPLIT DEADLINES; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; STUDENT PARTICIPATION;

CURRICULA;

EID: 20444473484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1047124.1047393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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