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Hewitt, Jim – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2003
Discussions of distance education courses develop according to needs/interests of conference participants, course requirements, and nature of the instructor's online facilitation. Findings of this research suggest other factors. Analysis of threads and their growth patterns reveals a bias in favor of elongated note structures, explained by a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Distance Education