The influence of group size on nonmandatory asynchronous instructional discussion groups

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-240

  Caspi, Avner ^a   Gorsky, Paul ^a   Chajut, Eran ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Discussion groups; Distance education; Group size; Interaction

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE CONFERENCING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

COURSE MATERIALS; DISCUSSION GROUPS; GROUP SIZE; INTERACTION;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 2942607775     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-7516(03)00043-5     Document Type: Article

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