"I'd be so much more comfortable posting anonymously": Identified versus anonymous participation in student discussion boards

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 612-625

  Roberts, Lynne D ^a   Rajah Kanagasabai, Camilla J ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84889660724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.452     Document Type: Article

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