Social presence in online discussion groups: Testing three conceptions and their relations to perceived learning

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-346

  Caspi, Avner ^a   Blau, Ina ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Group identification; Online discussion group; Perceived learning; Self projection; Social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349097055     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-008-9054-2     Document Type: Article

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