Technical Evaluation Report 51: Text-based Conferencing: Features vs. functionality

dc.creator	Kathy McCarthy
dc.creator	Lynn Anderson
dc.date	2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:10:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:10:21Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e585992a4c434d268b8e6529b2f70f47
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13560
dc.description	This report examines three text-based conferencing products: WowBB, Invision Power Board, and vBulletin. Their selection was prompted by a feature-by-feature comparison of the same products on the WowBB website. The comparison chart painted a misleading impression of WowBB’s features in relation to the other two products; so the evaluation team undertook a more comprehensive and impartial comparison using the categories and criteria for online software evaluation developed by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). The findings are summarised in terms of the softwares’ pricing, common features/ functions, and differentiating features.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/content/v6.3/technote51.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 6, Iss 2 (2005)
dc.subject	technical report
dc.subject	text-based conferencing products
dc.subject	web conferencing
dc.subject	ASTD
dc.subject	online
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Technical Evaluation Report 51: Text-based Conferencing: Features vs. functionality
dc.type	article