Online learning: Social interaction and the creation of a sense of community

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 73-81

  McInnerney, Joanne M ^a   Roberts, Tim S ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communication; Communicating online; Community; Forming stage; Insider; Outsider; Self; Synchronous communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644239754     PISSN: 14364522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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