Negotiating doctoral practices and academic identities through the adoption and use of social and participative media

Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 909-916

  Coverdale, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctoral practices; Social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DOCTORAL PRACTICES; ECOLOGICAL APPROACHES; HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVES; INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES; WEB 2.0;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84939222981     PISSN: 20490992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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