Exploring the views of students on the use of Facebook in university teaching and learning

Journal of Further and Higher Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 572-588

  Donlan, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaboration; Facebook; higher education; Social networking; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904425201     PISSN: 0309877X     EISSN: 14699486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0309877X.2012.726973     Document Type: Article

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