Identifying patterns of collaborative knowledge exploration in online asynchronous discussions

Instructional Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 321-347

  Lee, Silvia Wen Yu ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Learning resources; Online asynchronous discussion; Transition community

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954578664     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9131-8     Document Type: Article

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