Interpersonal dimensions of community in graduate online learning: Exploring social presence through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-230

  Goertzen, Phil ^a   Kristjánsson, Carolyn ^a  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Discourse analysis; Interpersonal interaction; Online community; Social presence; Systemic Functional Linguistics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA REDUCTION; LINGUISTICS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION; ONLINE COMMUNITY; SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 34548429708     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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