Social networking: a collaborative open educational resource

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-162

  Toetenel, Lisette ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facebook; language learning; open educational resources; social networking sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893750816     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588221.2013.818561     Document Type: Article

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