Visualization of participation: Does it contribute to successful computer-supported collaborative learning?

Computers and Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1037-1065

  Janssen, Jeroen ^a   Erkens, Gijsbert ^a   Kanselaar, Gellof ^a   Jaspers, Jos ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Distributed learning environments; Pedagogical issues; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 34547507034     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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