The effects of different instructor facilitation approaches on students' interactions during asynchronous online discussions

Computers and Education

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 749-760

  An, Heejung ^a   Shin, Sunghee ^b   Lim, Keol ^c  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Distance education and telelearning; Learning communities; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TELELEARNING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ELEMENTARY TEACHERS; LEARNING COMMUNITIES; ONLINE COURSE; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL PRESENCE; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TEACHING/LEARNING STRATEGIES;

DISTANCE EDUCATION; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 67650217540     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.04.015     Document Type: Article

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