Student-facilitators' roles in moderating online discussions

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 859-874

  Wang, Qiyun ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTIONS; GROUP DISCUSSIONS; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 49749103992     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2007.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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