Supersizing e-learning: What a CoI survey reveals about teaching presence in a large online class

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Nagel, Lynette ^a   Kotzé, Theuns G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community of Inquiry; e learning; Higher education; Large class; Peer review; Post graduate; Teaching presence

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY OF INQUIRY; HIGHER EDUCATION; LARGE CLASS; PEER REVIEW; TEACHING PRESENCE;

E-LEARNING; STUDENTS;

TEACHING;

EID: 76349104592     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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