Role of social software tools in education: A literature review

Education and Training

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-369

  Minocha, Shailey ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Internet; Learning; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349637260     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910910987174     Document Type: Article

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