A conceptual framework for assessing interaction quality in online discussion forums

ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 665-673

  Nandi, Dip ^a   Chang, Shanton ^a   Balbo, Sandrine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Framework; Higher education; Online discussion forum; Quality

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DISCUSSION FORUM; FRAMEWORK; HIGHER EDUCATION; INTERACTION QUALITY; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; TERTIARY EDUCATION;

EDUCATION; IMAGE QUALITY; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 84870894873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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