A visualisation tool to aid exploration of students' interactions in asynchronous online communication

Computers and Education

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-42

  Jyothi, Sujana ^a   McAvinia, Claire ^a   Keating, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Cooperative collaborative learning; Learning management systems; Online forums; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE/COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; ONLINE FORUMS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE TESTING; TRACE ANALYSIS; VISUALIZATION;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 80052521318     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.026     Document Type: Article

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