Social media for learning: A mixed methods study on high school students' technology affordances and perspectives

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-223

  Mao, Jin ^a  

^a WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes and beliefs; Learning design; Social media; Technology affordances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893937533     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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