Research Question 1

What does an analysis of asynchronous discourse in IMLEs tell us about how students write in those spaces for relational (social) and transactional (informational) purposes?

Research Question 2

What rhetorical patterns persist so that they become strategies – evolving generic conventions of IMLEs -- that create a learning space?

Research Question 3

What can we learn about the knowledge practices of academic writing by examining these patterns in IMLEs?

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