Student interactions in online discussion forum: Empirical research from 'media richness theory' perspective

Journal of Interactive Online Learning

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Balaji, M S ^a   Chakrabarti, Diganta ^a  

^a IFHE UNIVERSITY   (India)

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