How are campus students using social media to support their studies? An explorative interview study

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 451-464

  Hrastinski, Stefan ^a   Aghaee, Naghmeh M ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Higher education; Online education; Social media; Student perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859212511     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-011-9169-5     Document Type: Article

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