Understanding students' perceptions of the benefits of online social networking use for teaching and learning

Internet and Higher Education

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Hamid, Suraya ^a   Waycott, Jenny ^b   Kurnia, Sherah ^b   Chang, Shanton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits; Higher education; Interactions; Online social networking; Social technologies; Students

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CURRICULA; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

BENEFITS; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; HIGHER EDUCATION; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKINGS (OSN); SOCIAL TECHNOLOGIES; STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCES; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84925454898     PISSN: 10967516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2015.02.004     Document Type: Article

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