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Tuesday, January 04, 2005
Assessing Discussion Forum Participation: In Search of Quality - Stephen Corich, Kinshuk, and Lynn.M.Hunt; ITDL
The flexibility that e-learning offers and the growing maturity of e-learning management systems has lead to a rapid growth in the acceptance of e-learning as a method of delivering educational and vocational training. The use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) tools, and in particular asynchronous discussion forums, as a means of promoting communication and a collaboration between e-learning participants has lead to a growing interest by the academic and training community in the pedagogical value of such tools.
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