Designing for learning: Online social networks as a classroom environment

International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

Volumn 12, Issue 7 SPECIAL ISSUE, 2011, Pages 1-26

  Casey, Gail ^a   Evans, Terry ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaos and complexity; Emergence; Online learning; Social networking; Student learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857133596     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14923831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v12i7.1011     Document Type: Article

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