Social networks, communication styles, and learning performance in a CSCL community
Computers & EducationPublished 20 October 2005
Hichang Cho, Geri Gay, Barry D. Davidson, Anthony R. Ingraffea
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It is suggested that communication and social networks should be central elements in a distributed learning environment and the addition of personality theory to structural analysis contributes to an enhanced picture of how distributed learners build their social and intellectual capital in the context of CSCL.
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10.1016/j.compedu.2005.07.003
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