Designing asynchronous online discussion environments: Recent progress and possible future directions

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 469-483

  Gao, Fei ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^b   Franklin, Teresa ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSIONS; ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE DISCUSSION; COMPLEX LEARNING; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES; ON-LINE COMMUNICATION; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; SUPPORT LEARNING;

EDUCATION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84876147558     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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