Using social networking for educational and cultural adaptation: An exploratory study

15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 4555-4561

  Magro, Michael J ^a   Ryan, Sherry D ^a   Sharp, Jason H ^b   Ryan, Katie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dallas Regional Chamber ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural adaptation; Educational adaptation; Facebook; Social networking

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; CULTURAL ADAPTATION; DOCTORAL EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ADAPTATION; EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FACEBOOK; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84870372456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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