Meaningful interaction in web-based learning: A social constructivist interpretation

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-25

  Woo, Younghee ^a   Reeves, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authentic task; Meaningful interaction; Online interaction; Social constructivism; Web based learning environment

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

AUTHENTIC TASK; MEANINGFUL INTERACTION; ONLINE INTERACTION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM; WEB-BASED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 33847405239     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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