Beyond threaded discussion: Representational guidance in asynchronous collaborative learning environments

Computers and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1103-1127

  Suthers, Daniel D ^a   Vatrapu, Ravi ^a   Medina, Richard ^a   Joseph, Samuel ^a   Dwyer, Nathan ^a  

^a University of Hawai'i at Manoa   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Human computer interface; Knowledge maps; Representational guidance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE MAPS; REPRESENTATIONAL GUIDANCE;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 41649090356     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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