Building the better asynchronous computer mediated communication system for use in distributed education

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Ellis, Timothy J ^a   Cohen, Maxine S ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communications; Distance education; Online learning environments; Online pedagogy; Threaded discussion forums

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS; ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; ONLINE PEDAGOGY; THREADED DISCUSSION FORUMS;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 33947276365     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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