Hot for Teacher: Using Digital Music to Enhance Students' Experience in Online Courses

TechTrends

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 58-73

  Dunlap, Joanna C ^a   Lowenthal, Patrick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital music; ELearning; Engagement; Interaction; Interest; Music; Online; Social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954904493     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-010-0421-4     Document Type: Article

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