Is Social Media Too Social for Class? A Case Study of Twitter Use

TechTrends

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Lin, Meng Fen Grace ^a   Hoffman, Ellen S ^a   Borengasser, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Course design; Higher Education; Social networking; Teacher Education; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873731838     PISSN: 87563894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11528-013-0644-2     Document Type: Article

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