Can learning be virtually boosted? An investigation of online social networking impacts

Computers and Education

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1494-1503

  Yu, Angela Yan ^a   Tian, Stella Wen ^b,c   Vogel, Douglas ^a   Chi Wai Kwok, Ron ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c University of Science and Technology of China   (China)

Author keywords

e Learning; Learning outcomes; Social network; Socialization

Indexed keywords

FACEBOOK; FOCUS GROUPS; LEARNING OUTCOME; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIALIZATION; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

E-LEARNING; STUDENTS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 77956268004     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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