Microblogging To Foster Connections And Community in a Weekly Graduate Seminar Course

TechTrends

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-51

  Domizi, Denise P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Graduate Seminar; Higher Education; Microblog; TA training; Twitter; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872328014     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-012-0630-0     Document Type: Article

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