The influence of social presence and teaching presence on the quality of online critical inquiry

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-61

  Bangert, Arthur ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessing online inquiry; cognitive presence; computer mediated conferencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749118558     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033431     Document Type: Article

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