Social conversation and effective discussion in online group learning

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-612

  Chen, Fei Ching ^a   Wang, Thomas C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Effective discussions; Negotiation; Participation; Social talk; Soft power

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349087667     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-009-9121-1     Document Type: Article

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