Social presence in online discussions as a process predictor of academic performance.
With the steady development of online education and online learning environments, possibilities to support social interactions between students have advanced significantly. This study examined the relationship between indicators of social presence and academic performance. Social presence is defined...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 638 - 655 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2015
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