Podcasting to provide teaching and learning support for an undergraduate module on english language and communication

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 87-107

  Edirisingha, Palitha ^a   Rizzi, Chiara ^b   Nie, Ming ^a   Rothwell, Libby ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audio; Blended learning; Distance learning; English language teaching; Podcasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547248410     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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