Pre-service teachers’ and teacher-educators’ experiences and attitudes toward using social networking sites for collaborative learning

Educational Media International

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 278-294

  Soomro, Kamal Ahmed ^a   Kale, Ugur ^a   Yousuf Zai, Sajid ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative learning; Facebook; Pakistan; pre service teachers; social networking; teacher educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914673990     PISSN: 09523987     EISSN: 14695790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09523987.2014.977003     Document Type: Article

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