Instructor experiences with a social networking site in a higher education setting: Expectations, frustrations, appropriation, and compartmentalization

Educational Technology Research and Development

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 255-278

  Veletsianos, George ^a   Kimmons, Royce ^a   French, Karen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elgg; Higher education; Instructor experiences; Learning management system; Online social network; Social networking sites; Technology integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875413593     PISSN: 10421629     EISSN: 15566501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11423-012-9284-z     Document Type: Article

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