Higher education scholars' participation and practices on Twitter

Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-349

  Veletsianos, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital scholarship; Higher education; Online participation; Online social networks; Social networking sites; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862850431     PISSN: 02664909     EISSN: 13652729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2729.2011.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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