Learning and teaching as communicative actions: A mixed-methods twitter study

Knowledge Management and E-Learning

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-584

  Wakefield, Jenny S ^a   Warren, Scott J ^a   Alsobrook, Metta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Averett University   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Communities of practice (CoP); LTCA theory; Social networking; Social presence; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866248994     PISSN: 20737904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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