An investigation of factors affecting student participation level in an online discussion forum

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Yukselturk, Erman ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asynchronous discussion; Computer mediated communication; Online discussion forum; Online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952022003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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