Combining interaction and context design to support collaborative argumentation using a tool for synchronous CMC

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-204

  McAlister, Simon ^a   Ravenscroft, Andrew ^b   Scanlon, Eileen ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Peer collaboration online; Synchronous dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543023324     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2004.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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