New vistas in higher education: An introduction to using social technologies

Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue PARTB, 2012, Pages 3-16

  Wankel, Laura A ^a   Blessinger, Patrick ^a  

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Author keywords

Collaboration; Computer aided learning; Constructivism; E portfolio; Engagement; Facebook; Grammar in context; Learner engagement; Learning; Motivation; Persistence; Social media deployment; Task based learning; Teaching; Technology driven classroom; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886859722     PISSN: 20449968     EISSN: 20449976     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2044-9968(2012)000006B003     Document Type: Article

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