Get quick answers to your questions about the article from our AI researcher chatbot
{'id': 'https://openalex.org/W2198241152', 'doi': 'https://doi.org/10.46504/09201404to', 'title': 'A Study of the Effectiveness of Blackboard Collaborate for Conducting Synchronous Courses at Multiple Locations', 'display_name': 'A Study of the Effectiveness of Blackboard Collaborate for Conducting Synchronous Courses at Multiple Locations', 'publication_year': 2014, 'publication_date': '2014-08-01', 'ids': {'openalex': 'https://openalex.org/W2198241152', 'doi': 'https://doi.org/10.46504/09201404to', 'mag': '2198241152'}, 'language': 'en', 'primary_location': {'is_oa': True, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doi.org/10.46504/09201404to', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S2736335217', 'display_name': 'InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching', 'issn_l': '1933-4850', 'issn': ['1933-4850', '1933-4869'], 'is_oa': True, 'is_in_doaj': True, 'is_core': True, 'host_organization': 'https://openalex.org/P4310316373', 'host_organization_name': 'University Park', 'host_organization_lineage': ['https://openalex.org/P4310316373'], 'host_organization_lineage_names': ['University Park'], 'type': 'journal'}, 'license': 'cc-by-nc-nd', 'license_id': 'https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd', 'version': 'publishedVersion', 'is_accepted': True, 'is_published': True}, 'type': 'article', 'type_crossref': 'journal-article', 'indexed_in': ['crossref', 'doaj'], 'open_access': {'is_oa': True, 'oa_status': 'diamond', 'oa_url': 'https://doi.org/10.46504/09201404to', 'any_repository_has_fulltext': False}, 'authorships': [{'author_position': 'first', 'author': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/A5075845501', 'display_name': 'Guillermo Tonsmann', 'orcid': None}, 'institutions': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/I4179309', 'display_name': 'Park University', 'ror': 'https://ror.org/04ngpga37', 'country_code': 'US', 'type': 'education', 'lineage': ['https://openalex.org/I4179309']}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/I4210156470', 'display_name': 'Vitenparken', 'ror': 'https://ror.org/053pw6b94', 'country_code': 'NO', 'type': 'archive', 'lineage': ['https://openalex.org/I4210156470']}], 'countries': ['NO', 'US'], 'is_corresponding': True, 'raw_author_name': 'Guillermo Tonsmann', 'raw_affiliation_strings': ['Associate Professor of Computer Science Park University'], 'affiliations': [{'raw_affiliation_string': 'Associate Professor of Computer Science Park University', 'institution_ids': ['https://openalex.org/I4179309', 'https://openalex.org/I4210156470']}]}], 'institution_assertions': [], 'countries_distinct_count': 2, 'institutions_distinct_count': 2, 'corresponding_author_ids': ['https://openalex.org/A5075845501'], 'corresponding_institution_ids': ['https://openalex.org/I4179309', 'https://openalex.org/I4210156470'], 'apc_list': {'value': 0, 'currency': 'USD', 'value_usd': 0, 'provenance': 'doaj'}, 'apc_paid': None, 'fwci': 2.921, 'has_fulltext': True, 'fulltext_origin': 'pdf', 'cited_by_count': 39, 'citation_normalized_percentile': {'value': 0.965785, 'is_in_top_1_percent': False, 'is_in_top_10_percent': True}, 'cited_by_percentile_year': {'min': 94, 'max': 95}, 'biblio': {'volume': '9', 'issue': None, 'first_page': '54', 'last_page': '63'}, 'is_retracted': False, 'is_paratext': False, 'primary_topic': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11283', 'display_name': 'Experimental Learning in Engineering', 'score': 0.9517, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/2214', 'display_name': 'Media Technology'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/22', 'display_name': 'Engineering'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/3', 'display_name': 'Physical Sciences'}}, 'topics': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11283', 'display_name': 'Experimental Learning in Engineering', 'score': 0.9517, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/2214', 'display_name': 'Media Technology'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/22', 'display_name': 'Engineering'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/3', 'display_name': 'Physical Sciences'}}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/T11370', 'display_name': 'Mobile Learning in Education', 'score': 0.9306, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/1710', 'display_name': 'Information Systems'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/17', 'display_name': 'Computer Science'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/3', 'display_name': 'Physical Sciences'}}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/T13964', 'display_name': 'Educational Technology and Optimization', 'score': 0.909, 'subfield': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/subfields/1710', 'display_name': 'Information Systems'}, 'field': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/fields/17', 'display_name': 'Computer Science'}, 'domain': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/domains/3', 'display_name': 'Physical Sciences'}}], 'keywords': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/keywords/videoconferencing', 'display_name': 'Videoconferencing', 'score': 0.5977565}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/keywords/peer-instruction', 'display_name': 'Peer Instruction', 'score': 0.5199419}], 'concepts': [{'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2778308757', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23601418', 'display_name': 'Blackboard (design pattern)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.90122926}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C151319957', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752739', 'display_name': 'Asynchronous communication', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.7082151}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C41008148', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198', 'display_name': 'Computer science', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.60740507}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C22561748', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q854954', 'display_name': 'Videoconferencing', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.5977565}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2779343474', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3109175', 'display_name': 'Context (archaeology)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.584727}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2778714735', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7160404', 'display_name': 'Peer instruction', 'level': 3, 'score': 0.5199419}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2777212361', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5127848', 'display_name': 'Class (philosophy)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.50408566}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C503872463', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159595', 'display_name': 'Distance education', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.4881814}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2777904410', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397', 'display_name': 'Software', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.47207904}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2777855551', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12310021', 'display_name': 'Subject (documents)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.45142546}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C98045186', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663', 'display_name': 'Process (computing)', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.44323915}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C49774154', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765', 'display_name': 'Multimedia', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.38453788}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C145420912', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077', 'display_name': 'Mathematics education', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.3070903}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C115903868', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993', 'display_name': 'Software engineering', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.3029583}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C136764020', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466', 'display_name': 'World Wide Web', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.20692721}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C15744967', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418', 'display_name': 'Psychology', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.12854564}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C76155785', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418', 'display_name': 'Telecommunications', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.09588438}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C2777776026', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7160405', 'display_name': 'Peer learning', 'level': 2, 'score': 0.09578693}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C154945302', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660', 'display_name': 'Artificial intelligence', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.07404986}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C151730666', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205', 'display_name': 'Paleontology', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C86803240', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420', 'display_name': 'Biology', 'level': 0, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C199360897', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143', 'display_name': 'Programming language', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.0}, {'id': 'https://openalex.org/C111919701', 'wikidata': 'https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135', 'display_name': 'Operating system', 'level': 1, 'score': 0.0}], 'mesh': [], 'locations_count': 4, 'locations': [{'is_oa': True, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doi.org/10.46504/09201404to', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S2736335217', 'display_name': 'InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching', 'issn_l': '1933-4850', 'issn': ['1933-4850', '1933-4869'], 'is_oa': True, 'is_in_doaj': True, 'is_core': True, 'host_organization': 'https://openalex.org/P4310316373', 'host_organization_name': 'University Park', 'host_organization_lineage': ['https://openalex.org/P4310316373'], 'host_organization_lineage_names': ['University Park'], 'type': 'journal'}, 'license': 'cc-by-nc-nd', 'license_id': 'https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd', 'version': 'publishedVersion', 'is_accepted': True, 'is_published': True}, {'is_oa': False, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doaj.org/article/b52f625e4fa441e29973fdd3f0787728', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S4306401280', 'display_name': 'DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)', 'issn_l': None, 'issn': None, 'is_oa': True, 'is_in_doaj': False, 'is_core': False, 'host_organization': None, 'host_organization_name': None, 'host_organization_lineage': [], 'host_organization_lineage_names': [], 'type': 'repository'}, 'license': None, 'license_id': None, 'version': None, 'is_accepted': False, 'is_published': False}, {'is_oa': False, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doaj.org/article/01b92fd9fa554ac286ac892425fb382a', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S4306401280', 'display_name': 'DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)', 'issn_l': None, 'issn': None, 'is_oa': True, 'is_in_doaj': False, 'is_core': False, 'host_organization': None, 'host_organization_name': None, 'host_organization_lineage': [], 'host_organization_lineage_names': [], 'type': 'repository'}, 'license': None, 'license_id': None, 'version': None, 'is_accepted': False, 'is_published': False}, {'is_oa': False, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doaj.org/article/d40abf4fb6b44dfb90a04537ef2de0f7', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S4306401280', 'display_name': 'DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)', 'issn_l': None, 'issn': None, 'is_oa': True, 'is_in_doaj': False, 'is_core': False, 'host_organization': None, 'host_organization_name': None, 'host_organization_lineage': [], 'host_organization_lineage_names': [], 'type': 'repository'}, 'license': None, 'license_id': None, 'version': None, 'is_accepted': False, 'is_published': False}], 'best_oa_location': {'is_oa': True, 'landing_page_url': 'https://doi.org/10.46504/09201404to', 'pdf_url': None, 'source': {'id': 'https://openalex.org/S2736335217', 'display_name': 'InSight A Journal of Scholarly Teaching', 'issn_l': '1933-4850', 'issn': ['1933-4850', '1933-4869'], 'is_oa': True, 'is_in_doaj': True, 'is_core': True, 'host_organization': 'https://openalex.org/P4310316373', 'host_organization_name': 'University Park', 'host_organization_lineage': ['https://openalex.org/P4310316373'], 'host_organization_lineage_names': ['University Park'], 'type': 'journal'}, 'license': 'cc-by-nc-nd', 'license_id': 'https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd', 'version': 'publishedVersion', 'is_accepted': True, 'is_published': True}, 'sustainable_development_goals': [], 'grants': [], 'datasets': [], 'versions': [], 'referenced_works_count': 16, 'referenced_works': ['https://openalex.org/W1509570207', 'https://openalex.org/W1922200387', 'https://openalex.org/W1963677903', 'https://openalex.org/W1964181889', 'https://openalex.org/W1996834985', 'https://openalex.org/W2001203441', 'https://openalex.org/W2006438671', 'https://openalex.org/W2078294166', 'https://openalex.org/W2101048188', 'https://openalex.org/W2122373855', 'https://openalex.org/W2129954880', 'https://openalex.org/W2131130835', 'https://openalex.org/W2161355244', 'https://openalex.org/W2165625472', 'https://openalex.org/W271106883', 'https://openalex.org/W95331386'], 'related_works': ['https://openalex.org/W588500104', 'https://openalex.org/W3203823226', 'https://openalex.org/W3113287022', 'https://openalex.org/W2727071947', 'https://openalex.org/W2382214431', 'https://openalex.org/W2355948669', 'https://openalex.org/W2351146794', 'https://openalex.org/W2146616114', 'https://openalex.org/W1966767041', 'https://openalex.org/W189565059'], 'abstract_inverted_index': {'This': [0], 'paper': [1, 26, 90], 'discusses': [2], 'the': [3, 6, 28, 38, 40, 44, 53, 93, 95, 114, 130, 152, 155, 195, 220, 224], 'effectiveness': [4], 'of': [5, 49, 71, 132, 226], 'videoconferencing': [7, 105], 'software': [8, 106, 178, 207], 'Blackboard': [9, 61, 103], 'Collaborate': [10, 206], 'for': [11, 30, 69, 180, 223], 'carrying': [12, 133], 'out': [13, 134], 'instruction': [14, 200], 'at': [15, 23, 73, 110, 191], 'college': [16], 'level': [17], 'to': [18, 81, 117, 128, 147, 163, 211], 'students': [19, 72, 109, 167], 'attending': [20], 'classes': [21], 'synchronously': [22], 'multiple': [24], 'locations.The': [25], 'describes': [27], 'motivation': [29], 'this': [31, 50, 77, 218, 227], 'study,': [32, 78], 'a': [33, 74, 135], 'brief': [34], 'literature': [35], 'review': [36], 'on': [37, 76], 'subject,': [39], 'methodology': [41], 'used,': [42], 'and': [43, 60, 144, 146, 173], 'results': [45], 'obtained.The': [46], 'main': [47, 177, 221], 'conclusion': [48], 'study': [51], 'is': [52, 65, 201], 'confirmation': [54], 'that': [55, 107], 'synchronous': [56, 85, 140], 'instruction,': [57], 'in': [58, 63, 84, 98, 113, 120, 151, 194, 203], 'general,': [59], 'Collaborate,': [62, 104], 'particular,': [64], 'an': [66, 215], 'effective': [67], 'environment': [68], 'tuition': [70], 'distance.Based': [75], 'several': [79], 'recommendations': [80], 'be': [82, 212], 'used': [83, 213], 'education': [86, 162], 'are': [87], 'provided.': [88], 'MotivationThis': [89], 'will': [91], 'analyze': [92], 'experience': [94, 150], 'author': [96], 'had': [97], 'teaching': [99], 'Discrete': [100], 'Mathematics': [101], 'using': [102, 137], 'allowed': [108], 'various': [111, 192, 204], 'locations': [112, 193], 'United': [115, 196], 'States': [116, 197], 'take': [118], 'part': [119], 'live': [121], 'regular': [122], 'class': [123], 'sessions.The': [124], 'course': [125, 136, 181, 228], 'was': [126, 208], 'designed': [127], 'test': [129], 'feasibility': [131], 'only': [138], 'remote': [139], 'connections': [141], 'between': [142], 'instructor': [143], 'students,': [145], 'gain': [148], 'firsthand': [149], 'process.Park': [153], 'University,': [154], "author's": [156], 'institution,': [157], 'currently': [158, 170], 'delivers': [159], 'asynchronous': [160], 'distance': [161], 'more': [164, 186], 'than': [165, 187], '20,000': [166], 'worldwide.The': [168], 'University': [169, 183], 'uses': [171], 'eCollege': [172], 'eCompanion': [174], 'as': [175, 214], 'its': [176], 'platform': [179], 'delivery.Park': [182], 'has': [184], 'also': [185], '40': [188], 'campus': [189], 'centers': [190], 'where': [198], 'face-to-face': [199], 'offered': [202], 'disciplines.Blackboard': [205], 'recently': [209], 'acquired': [210], 'administrative': [216], 'tool.Given': [217], 'context,': [219], 'motivations': [222], 'development': [225], 'were:': [229]}, 'cited_by_api_url': 'https://api.openalex.org/works?filter=cites:W2198241152', 'counts_by_year': [{'year': 2024, 'cited_by_count': 1}, {'year': 2023, 'cited_by_count': 7}, {'year': 2022, 'cited_by_count': 7}, {'year': 2021, 'cited_by_count': 6}, {'year': 2020, 'cited_by_count': 4}, {'year': 2019, 'cited_by_count': 5}, {'year': 2018, 'cited_by_count': 1}, {'year': 2017, 'cited_by_count': 2}, {'year': 2016, 'cited_by_count': 3}, {'year': 2015, 'cited_by_count': 2}, {'year': 2013, 'cited_by_count': 1}], 'updated_date': '2025-01-11T13:14:41.768158', 'created_date': '2016-06-24'}