Twitter for teaching: Can social media be used to enhance the process of learning?

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 902-915

  Evans, Chris ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TEACHING;

ATTITUDINAL FACTORS; BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROCESS OF LEARNING; SHARING INFORMATION; TEACHING AND LEARNING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84906752337     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjet.12099     Document Type: Article

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