Evaluation of whatsapp for promoting social presence in a first year undergraduate radiography problem-based learning group

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 280-286

  Robinson, Leslie ^a   Behi, Omid ^a   Corcoran, Anne ^a   Cowley, Victoria ^a   Cullinane, Jennifer ^a   Martin, Ian ^a   Tomkinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community of Enquiry; mobile instant messaging; social media; social presence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 84940725538     PISSN: 19398654     EISSN: 18767982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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