Time students spend reading threaded discussions in online graduate courses requiring asynchronous participation

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 51-64

  Brown, Abbie H ^a   Green, Tim ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communication; Distance education; Online learning; Threaded discussion

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959685670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v10i6.760     Document Type: Article

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