Learning from "listening" to peers in online political science classes

Journal of Political Science Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Hamann, Kerstin ^a   Pollock, Philip H ^a   Wilson, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous discussions; Online learning; Online teaching; Peer learning; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950739907     PISSN: 15512169     EISSN: 15512177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15512160802612011     Document Type: Article

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