Pragmatists, positive communicators, and shy enthusiasts: Three viewpoints on web conferencing in health sciences education

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Valaitis, Ruta ^a   Akhtar Danesh, Noori ^a   Eva, Kevin ^a   Levinson, Anthony ^a   Wainman, Bruce ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance education; e learning; Internet; Q methodology; Synchronous communication; Web conferencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STAFF; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 38349145577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.9.5.e39     Document Type: Article

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