Student engagement in distance learning environments: A comparison of threaded discussion forums and text-focused Wikis

First Monday

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gao, Fei ^a   Wong, David ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39049122271     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v13i1.2018     Document Type: Article

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