Learning and teaching with social network sites: A decade of research in K-12 related education

Education and Information Technologies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 623-645

  Greenhow, Christine ^a   Askari, Emilia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Social media; Social network sites; Teacher education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947437048     PISSN: 13602357     EISSN: 15737608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10639-015-9446-9     Document Type: Article

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