Increasing student discourse to support rapport building in web and blended courses using a 3D online learning environment

Journal of Interactive Learning Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-294

  Jones, James ^a   Warren, Scott ^a   Robertson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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