Unspoken social dynamics in an online discussion group: The disconnect between attitudes and overt behavior of English language teaching graduate students

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 665-683

  Çelik, Servet ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Community identity; Educational technology; Learner community; Online learning environment; Social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879786117     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-013-9288-3     Document Type: Article

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