Approaches to case analyses in synchronous and asynchronous environments

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 459-484

  Paulus, Trena M ^a   Phipps, Gina ^b,c  

^a University of Tennessee

^b Innovative Technology CenterUniversity of Tennessee

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS APPROACH; CASE ANALYSIS; CASE STUDY ANALYSIS; CASE-STUDIES; COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENTS; COMMUNICATION TOOLS; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FORMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; PRESERVICE TEACHERS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 39049153451     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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