Undergraduate perceptions of the usefulness of web 2.0 in higher education: Survey development

8th European Conference on eLearning 2009, ECEL 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 308-314

  Kumar, Swapna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education; New media; Technology use survey; Undergraduate; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

HIGHER EDUCATION; NEW MEDIA; TECHNOLOGY USE; UNDERGRADUATE; WEB 2.0;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84901814282     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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