Towards more precise design guidance: Specifying and testing the functions of assigned student roles in online discussions

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-82

  Wise, Alyssa Friend ^a   Saghafian, Marzieh ^a   Padmanabhan, Poornima ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH IN MOTION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communication; College instruction; Computer mediated communication; Content analysis; Cooperative learning; Discussion groups; Role taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856219162     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-011-9212-7     Document Type: Article

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