Categories of questions in an online discussion forum: An analysis

ICCSE 2010 - 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Education, Final Program and Book of Abstracts

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 428-431

  Zhao, Jianhua ^a   Jiang, Yinjian ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG POLYTECHNIC NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Content analysis; CSCL; Discussion forum; Online discussion; Online learning

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CSCL; DISCUSSION FORUM; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; ONLINE LEARNING;

CESIUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 78649415687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCSE.2010.5593591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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