Use of twitter to encourage interaction in a multi-campus pharmacy management course

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Fox, Brent I ^a   Varadarajan, Ranjani ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Class participation; Interaction; Social networking; Twitter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; CLASS PARTICIPATION; INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TWITTER;

BLOGGING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; STUDENTS, PHARMACY;

CLASS PARTICIPATION; INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING; TWITTER;

EID: 84856407919     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe75588     Document Type: Article

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