How and why educators use Twitter: A survey of the field

Journal of Research on Technology in Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 414-434

  Carpenter, Jeffrey P ^a   Krutka, Daniel G ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Microblogging; Professional development; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928673439     PISSN: 15391523     EISSN: 19450818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2014.925701     Document Type: Review

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