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Direct linkHrastinski, Stefan – Interactive Learning Environments, 2006
Achieving student participation, it has been argued, is one of the most important challenges in distance education. This explorative study examines whether a synchronous communication medium, instant messaging (IM), may enable students to participate more actively in online group work. When comparing two groups that adopted IM with two groups that…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks
