Social networks, communication styles, and learning performance in a CSCL community

Computers and Education

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-329

  Cho, Hichang ^a   Gay, Geri ^b   Davidson, Barry ^c   Ingraffea, Anthony ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Distance education and telelearning; Distributed learning environment; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; TELELEARNING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 34248998867     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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