Prescriptive guidelines for when to use synchronous communication in e-learning environments

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 358-369

  Hrastinski, Stefan ^a   Keller, Christina ^a   Carlsson, Sven A A ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Design science; E education; E learning; Ecollaboration; Information sharing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DESIGN SCIENCE; E-COLLABORATION; E-EDUCATION; INFORMATION SHARING;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DESIGN; E-LEARNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84869476957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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