Democratising the learning process: The use of twitter in the teaching of politics and international relations

Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-145

  Blair, Alasdair ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community of learners; Informal learning; Student engagement; Twitter

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL NETWORK; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EID: 84877130334     PISSN: 02633957     EISSN: 14679256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9256.12008     Document Type: Article

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