Participant interaction in asynchronous learning environments: Evaluating interaction analysis methods

Linguistics and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-87

  Blanchette, Judith ^a  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asynchronous communication; Content analysis; Interaction; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856227781     PISSN: 08985898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.linged.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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