Findings on Facebook in higher education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 134-140

  Roblyer, M D ^a   McDaniel, Michelle ^b   Webb, Marsena ^c   Herman, James ^d   Witty, James Vince ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mercy Children's Clinic   (United States)

^d Tennessee Department of Education   (United States)

^e Tennessee Department of Transportation   (United States)

Author keywords

Email; Facebook; Instructional technologies; Online survey; Social networking; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE FACULTY; COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; FACEBOOK; FACULTY MEMBERS; HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ONLINE SURVEYS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; STUDENT RESPONSE; TRACK RECORD;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ELECTRONIC MAIL; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77955228072     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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