Dear teacher, what should I write on my wall? A case study on academic uses of Facebook

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 1425-1430

  Grosseck, Gabriela ^a   Bran, Ramona ^a   Tiru, Laurentiu ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Facebook; Higher education; Learning; Social networking; Students; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858758136     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.03.306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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