The SNAP platform: Social networking for academic purposes

Campus-Wide Information Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Kirkwood, Keith ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Communities; E learning; Educational innovation; Knowledge sharing; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954234210     PISSN: 10650741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10650741011054429     Document Type: Article

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