Students' perspective on the impact of a web-based discussion forum on student learning

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 26-31

  Patel, Jimmy ^a   Aghayere, Abi ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Online discussion forum; Student learning; Student to student interaction; Web based courses

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; WEBSITES;

ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS; PARTICIPATION RATE; ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGIES; STUDENT INTERACTIONS; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES; WEB-BASED COURSE; WEB-BASED DISCUSSION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 48749094678     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2006.322600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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