Rubrics for designing and evaluating online asynchronous discussions

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 804-820

  Penny, Lana ^a   Murphy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; FOUR-CORE; INTERNET SOURCES; PERFORMANCE CRITERION;

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EID: 68949112078     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2008.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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