Fostering social presence in asynchronous online class discussions

Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005: The Next 10 Years - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning 2005, CSCL 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 602-606

  Shih, Lifang ^a   Swan, Karen ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Online communication; Online learning community; Social presence; Web based Learning

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; STUDENTS;

ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING; LEARNING AND TEACHINGS; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; ONLINE BEHAVIOR; ONLINE COURSE; ONLINE LEARNING COMMUNITY; SOCIAL PRESENCE; WEB BASED LEARNING;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84857732098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3115/1149293.1149372     Document Type: Conference Paper

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