WConnect: A Facebook-Based Developmental Learning Community to Support Women in Information Technology

C and T 2009 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies

Volumn 2009-January, Issue , 2009, Pages 125-134

  Rosson, Mary Beth ^a   Carroll, John M ^a   Zhao, Dejin ^a   Paone, Timothy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning communities; social networking; women in computer science

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

COMMUNITY INFORMATICS; DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING; FACEBOOK; LEARNING COMMUNITY; PRACTICAL ISSUES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SOFTWARES; SOCIAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL-NETWORKING; WOMAN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE; WOMEN IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78049260855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1556460.1556480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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