Online collaborative learning enhancement through the Delphi method

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 66-79

  Turoff, Murray ^a   Hiltz, Starr Roxanne ^a   Yao, Xiang ^a   Li, Zheng ^b   Wang, Yuanqiong ^c   Cho, Hee Kyung ^d  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALN; CMC; Collaborative learning; Delphi; Distance learning; eLearning; GDSS; GSS; Idea generation; Knowledge systems; Online learning; SDSS; System security

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646479043     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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