Conceptualizing and investigating instructor presence in online learning environments

International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 256-297

  Richardson, Jennifer C ^a   Koehler, Adrie A ^a   Besser, Erin D ^a   Caskurlu, Secil ^a   Lim, JiEun ^a   Mueller, Chad M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of inquiry; Distance education; Instructor presence; Online education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84933510771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v16i3.2123     Document Type: Article

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