A case study-based investigation of students' experiences with social software tools

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-265

  Minocha, Shailey ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study methodology; Collaboration; Community building; E learning; Social networking; Social software; User generated content; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY; COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; USER-GENERATED CONTENT; WEB 2.0;

COLLEGE BUILDINGS; E-LEARNING; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954923589     PISSN: 13614568     EISSN: 17407842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13614560903494320     Document Type: Article

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