Exploring the impacts of social networking sites on academic relations in the university

Journal of Information Technology Education:Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 271-293

  Rambe, Patient ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Academic relations; Critical theory of technology; Differential power; Meaningful learning; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC RELATIONS; CRITICAL THEORY OF TECHNOLOGIES; DIFFERENTIAL POWER; MEANINGFUL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84859187717     PISSN: 15479714     EISSN: 15393585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/1512     Document Type: Article

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