Blending asynchronous discussion groups and peer tutoring in higher education: An exploratory study of online peer tutoring behaviour

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 207-223

  De Smet, Marijke ^a   Van Keer, Hilde ^a   Valcke, Martin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; CSCL; Higher education; Peer tutoring

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DISTANCE EDUCATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; PEER TUTORING;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 35148862308     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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