Experience of developing Twitter-based communities of practice in higher education

Research in Learning Technology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lewis, Bex ^a   Rush, David ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community of practice; Microblogging; Professional network; Social media; Technology steward

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893843327     PISSN: 21567069     EISSN: 21567077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21i0.18598     Document Type: Article

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