Presence and positioning as components of online instructor persona

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-108

  Dennen, Vanessa Paz ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructor persona; Instructor presence; Online discussion; Positioning theory; Speech acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008843082     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2007.10782499     Document Type: Article

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