Table 7.

Students’ descriptive responses regarding the MBC

Open-ended questions	No of responses
What did you like BEST about the MBC?
Facilitates interaction: “I can learn from other students’ comments…It’s easy to communicate and discuss with other students.”	71
Allows students to communicate in an easy way: “Team members don’t have to get together to discuss, it’s efficient and convenient…It’s easy to check online information with a simple click.”	57
Facilitates study: “Using the microblog made me more interested in the cases…It’s a fun assignment with clear expectations.”	45
Allows students to express their opinions in an easy way: “I feel more comfortable in expressing my ideas…”	42
Facilitates team work: “It made us work more efficiently as a team.”	20
The activity was convenient: “I can work on the case anywhere, anytime with my mobile devices…”	6
What did you like LEAST about the MBC?
The quality of interaction was low: “I prefer face-to-face communication, which is passionate… The interaction is not in real-time, responses are often delayed.”	41
The activity was inconvenient / overwhelming: “Using the microblog was difficult and time consuming…I have to sign in to an account for the assignment.”	33
The quality of messages was low: “Some comments were repetitions of other students…”, “Some opinions were wrong and misleading…”	18
The activity was distracting: “I tended to check other messages I followed rather than the case assignment.”	15
It was difficult to follow the stream of comments: “There were over 50 reply comments on some cases; it was hard to check every comment on each page…”	13