Digging beneath the surface: Analyzing the complexity of instructors’ participation in asynchronous discussion

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Network

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Clarke, Lane Whitney ^a   Bartholomew, Audrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84908543762     PISSN: 19395256     EISSN: 10928235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24059/olj.v18i3.414     Document Type: Article

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