Investigating factors that influence social presence and learning outcomes in distance higher education

Computers and Education

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1512-1520

  Kim, Jungjoo ^a   Kwon, Yangyi ^a   Cho, Daeyeon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cooperative collaborative learning; e learning; Learning satisfaction; Social presence

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DISTANCE LEARNING; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERACTIVITY; LEARNING OUTCOME; LEARNING SATISFACTION; ONLINE LEARNING; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

EDUCATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 79952993633     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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