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ERIC Number: EJ621837
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1528-3518
Identifying Factors That Effect Learning Community Development and Performance in Asynchronous Distance Education.
Moller, Leslie A.; Harvey, Douglas; Downs, Margaret; Godshalk, Veronica
Quarterly Review of Distance Education, v1 n4 p293-305 Win 2000
Describes the development of learning communities within the context of asynchronous distance education, based on a study of 12 graduate students in a course that used Internet-based conferencing software. Preliminary results of empirical data, interviews, and student journals indicate a relationship between learning achievement and strength of the community. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Internet, Interviews, Student Journals, Teleconferencing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Empirical Research; Learning Communities