Age, gender, and computer self-efficacy as correlates of social media usage for scholarly works in Nigeria

Proceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 316-320

  Oladejo, Maruff Akinwale ^a   Adelua, Olajide Olawole ^b   Ige, Nelson Aderemi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b Federal College of Education Special   (Nigeria)

^c Lagos State University of Education   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Age; Computer self efficacy; Gender; Nigerian academics; Scholarly works; Social media

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AGE; COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY; GENDER; NIGERIANS; SCHOLARLY WORKS; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84904745903     PISSN: 20488882     EISSN: 20488890     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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