A qualitative approach towards discovering microblogging practices of scientists

2011 14th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2011 - 11th International Conference Virtual University, VU'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 51-57

  Kieslinger, Barbara ^a   Ebner, Martin ^b  

^a Centre for Social Innovation   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

e learning; microblogging; Science; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY; GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; MICROBLOGGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; SCIENCE; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TWITTER; WEBLOGGING; WORKING PRACTICES;

E-LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 81355136154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICL.2011.6059547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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