The use of facebook for online discussions among distance learners

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 72-81

  Lim, Tina ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distance learners; Facebook; Mobile learning; Online discussions; Social networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649611165     PISSN: 13026488     EISSN: 13026488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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