Employing community question answering for online discussions in university courses: Students’ perspective

Computers and Education

Volumn 135, Issue , 2019, Pages 75-90

  Srba, Ivan ^a   Savic, Milos ^b   Bielikova, Maria ^a   Ivanovic, Mirjana ^b   Pautasso, Cesare ^c  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Askalot; Community question answering; Computer mediated communication; Learning communities; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ASKALOT; COMMUNITY QUESTION ANSWERING; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; LEARNING COMMUNITY; QUALITATIVE STUDY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85062695170     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2019.02.017     Document Type: Article

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