The role of social media in higher education classes (real and virtual)-A literature review

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Tess, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Educational technology; Facebook; Higher education; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; E-LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; SURVEYS;

EDUCATIONAL TOOLS; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FACEBOOK; HIGHER EDUCATION; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PURPOSEFUL INTEGRATIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84878883974     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.032     Document Type: Article

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