Developing an instrument to measure social presence in distance higher education

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-777

  Kim, Jungjoo ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATORY ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIGHER EDUCATION; OPEN COMMUNICATION; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; SOCIAL PRESENCE;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 79957559301     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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