Cousins Virtual Jane and Virtual Joe, extraordinary virtual helpers

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 104-111

  Blignaut, Seugnet ^a   Nagel, Lynette ^b  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asynchronous learning; Online facilitation; Retention rate; Virtual communities; Virtual helper

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING; ONLINE FACILITATION; RETENTION RATE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES; VIRTUAL HELPER;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 64449088254     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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