Students' perceptions of using Facebook as an interactive learning resource at university

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1221-1232

  Irwin, Christopher ^a   Ball, Lauren ^a   Desbrow, Ben ^a   Leveritt, Michael ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 84869846206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.798     Document Type: Article

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