The effect of moderator's facilitative strategies on online synchronous discussions

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1708-1716

  Hsieh, Ya Hui ^a   Tsai, Chin Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Facilitative strategy; Interaction pattern; Moderator; Online synchronous discussion

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION PATTERNS; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FACILITATIVE STRATEGY; FOUR-GROUP; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; INTERACTION PATTERN; NORTHERN TAIWAN; ONLINE LEARNING; ONLINE PARTICIPATION; ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION; THREADED DISCUSSIONS;

STUDENTS;

MODERATORS;

EID: 84863722108     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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