Social software: New opportunities for challenging social inequalities in learning?

Learning, Media and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-305

  Hughes, Gwyneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belonging; Identity; Inclusive; Inequality; Social software; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951661491     PISSN: 17439884     EISSN: 17439892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439880903338580     Document Type: Article

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