The impact of text versus video communication on instructor feedback in blended courses

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 161-184

  Borup, Jered ^a   West, Richard E ^b   Thomas, Rebecca ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous video communication; Blended learning; Feedbackdelivery; Instructor feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925465233     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-015-9367-8     Document Type: Article

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