Evaluating the use of synchronous communication in two blended courses

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-193

  Cox, Glenda ^a   Carr, Tony ^a   Hall, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Campus; Case study; Collaboration; Constructivist; Exchange structure analysis; Synchronous

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543042507     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2004.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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