Can facebook enhance the communications between teachers and students?

International Journal of Learning

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 385-398

  Cheung, Ronnie ^a   Vogel, Doug ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

E learning; Facebook; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955798735     PISSN: 14479494     EISSN: 14479540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v17i11/47356     Document Type: Article

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