Conformity of responses among graduate students in an online environment

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-69

  Beran, Tanya ^a   Drefs, Michelle ^a   Kaba, Alyshah ^a   Al Baz, Noof ^a   Al Harbi, Nouf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformity to the majority; Higher education; Online education; Peer pressure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DISTANCE EDUCATION; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONFORMITY TO THE MAJORITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; INACCURATE INFORMATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS; ON-LINE EDUCATION; ONLINE LEARNING ACTIVITIES; PEER PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84922145563     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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