An investigation of relationships among instructor immediacy and affective and cognitive learning in the online classroom

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Baker, Jason D ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immediacy; Learning effectiveness; Online learning; Social presence

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

IMMEDIACY; LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS; ONLINE LEARNING; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942574730     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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