Student-led facilitation strategies in online discussions

Distance Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-361

  Baran, Evrim ^a   Correia, Ana Paula ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Distance education; Facilitation; Online discussions; Online learning; Peer facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350383465     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587910903236510     Document Type: Article

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