Read-only participants: A case for student communication in online classes

Interactive Learning Environments

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-51

  Nagel, L ^a   Blignaut, A S ^b   Cronje J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Higher education; Lurkers; Participation; Virtual community of learners; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650876186     PISSN: 10494820     EISSN: 17445191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10494820701501028     Document Type: Article

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