Studying the effectiveness of the discussion forum in online professional development courses

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-210

  Lowes, Susan ^a   Lin, Peiyi ^a   Wang, Yan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*

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