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ERIC Number: EJ664245
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Asynchronous Online Discussion Forums: Going Vibrantly beyond the Shadow of the Syllabus.
Cody, Jim
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v30 n3 p268-76 Mar 2003
Notes that asynchronous online discussion forums can enhance community college students' education. Focuses on how online discussion forums uniquely contribute to the teaching and learning of community college students. Discusses benefits of the online discussion forum. Concludes that educators must continue identifying who students are, how they learn, and how they want and need to be educated, and then look for ways that technology can help. (SG)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Discussion Groups, Educational Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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