Audio-based versus text-based asynchronous online discussion: Two case studies

Instructional Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 365-380

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Cheung, Wing Sum ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Affordance; Audio discussion; Online discussion; Text discussion; Wimba voice board

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873706588     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9232-7     Document Type: Article

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