How do personality, synchronous media, and discussion topic affect participation?

Educational Technology and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 12-24

  Blau, Ina ^a   Barak, Azy ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Audio and text chat; Discussion topic; Extroversion introversion personality trait; Interpersonal and gender equalization effect; Synchronous participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871603137     PISSN: 11763647     EISSN: 14364522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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