Immediacy, cohesiveness, and the online classroom

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-151

  Baker, Jason D ^a   Woods, Robert H ^b  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cohesiveness; community; distance education; immediacy; learning effectiveness; online learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871521795     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02940934     Document Type: Article

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