Qualitative assessment of social presence in online forums

2011 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science and Engineering, CHUSER 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 407-411

  Thayalan, Xavier ^a   Shanthi, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gender Difference; Online Forums; Qualitative Assessment; Social Presence

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE RESPONSE; DISCUSSION BOARDS; E-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE STUDENTS; GENDER DIFFERENCES; INTERACTIVITY; MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; ONLINE FORUMS; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUALITATIVE DATA; SOCIAL PRESENCE; UNDERGRADUATE COURSES;

E-LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

STUDENTS;

EID: 84858978788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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