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It's not so easy: researching the complexity of emergent participant roles and awareness in asynchronous networked learning discussions.

In this paper, we explore some of the complexities of emergent role development and group awareness among participants in an asynchronous Networked Learning discussion in a higher education context. We used content analysis to provide participant profiles for learning and tutoring processes within a...

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Published in:Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 165 - 172
Main Authors: De Laat M, Lally V
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2004
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        affil: e-Learning Research Centre, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK; m.delaat@soton.ac.uk
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          Communication Methods
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