Learning within incoherent structures: The space of online discussion forums

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 351-366

  Thomas, M J W ^a,b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Conferencing; Discourse analysis; Environmental studies; Online; Questionnaire; Student centred; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044534448     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0266-4909.2002.03800.x     Document Type: Article

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