Synchronous and Asynchronous Text - Based CMC in Educational Contexts : A Review of Recent Research
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TechTrends Volume 50, Number 4 nteraction between teacher and students and among students is fundamental to higher education (Berge, 1999). Teacher-student and student-student interactions are prerequisite to course satisfaction (Allen, Bourhis, Burrell, & Mabry, 2002) and are associated with decreased attrition (Muilenburg & Berge, 2001). Thus, in all instructional contexts, including hybrid and distance education, there is an expectation that learning involves human interaction. Current instructional applications of technology provide two distinct formats for such interaction — asynchronous and synchronous (Hines & Pearl, 2004).
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