Making sense of multitasking: The role of Facebook

Computers and Education

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 194-202

  Judd, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human computer interface; Media in education; Multitasking; Post secondary education; Social media

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; COMPUTER-BASED TASKS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACES; MEDIA IN EDUCATION; POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SOCIAL MEDIA; TASK SWITCHING;

MULTITASKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

STUDENTS;

EID: 84884668634     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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