The effect of anchoring online discussion on collaboration and cognitive load

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 4580-4589

  Eryilmaz, Evren ^a   Alrushiedat, Nimer ^a   Kasemvilas, Sumonta ^a   Mary, Justin ^a   van der Pol, J ^b  

^a CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anchoring technology; And evaluation of reasoning processes; Cognitive load; Effective online discussion; Elaboration of ideas

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING TECHNOLOGY; COGNITIVE LOADS; ELABORATION OF IDEAS; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; REASONING PROCESS;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84870353800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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