Research on SNS and education: The state of the art and its challenges

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-111

  Rodríguez Hoyos, Carlos ^a   Salmón, Ignacio Haya ^a   Fernández Díaz, Elia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84929667305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.995     Document Type: Article

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