A field study of use of synchronous chat in online courses

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Spencer, D H ^a,b   Hiltz, S R ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; E-LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ASYNCHRONOUS DISCUSSION FORUMS; ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING NETWORKS; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; FIELD STUDIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; NOMINAL VALUES; SYNCHRONOUS CHAT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84928006593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1173742     Document Type: Conference Paper

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