Ipods aren't just for tunes: Exploring podcasting as a socio-cultural technology facilitating student experiences of higher education in rural Australia

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 678-690

  Ragusa, Angela T ^a   Chan, Anthony ^a   Crampton, Andrea ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Distance education; Education technology; Podcasting; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449587357     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180802471471     Document Type: Article

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