Intelligent discussion boards©: Promoting deep conversations in asynchronous discussion boards through synchronous support

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-232

  Wijekumar, Kausalai Kay ^a   Spielvogel, James ^a  

^a Pennsylvania State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Communication technologies; E learning; Group discussion; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745306434     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650740610674229     Document Type: Article

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