Interactivity in a Web Conference Training Context: Effects on Trainers and Trainees

Communication Education

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-104

  Stephens, Keri K ^a   Mottet, Timothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Interactivity; Organizational Communication; Rhetorical and Relational Goal Theory of Instructional Communication; Training; Web Conferencing; Web Based Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949167832     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: 14795795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520701573284     Document Type: Article

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