Participation in class and in online discussions: Gender differences

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 718-724

  Caspi, Avner ^a   Chajut, Eran ^a   Saporta, Kelly ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Distance education; Gender studies; Pedagogical issues

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; E-LEARNING; MESSAGE PASSING; WEB SERVICES;

GENDER STUDIES; PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 38649104871     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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