Social presence in online discussions as a process predictor of academic performance

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 638-654

  Joksimovic S ^a   Gasevic D ^a,b   Kovanovic V ^b   Riecke, B E ^c   Hatala, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Discussion forums; Social presence; Teaching presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958748072     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcal.12107     Document Type: Article

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