Taking social media to a university classroom: teaching and learning using Twitter and blogs

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Chawinga, Winner Dominic ^a  

^a MZUZU UNIVERSITY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Blogs; Learning; Social media; Students; Teaching; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010693289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23659440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41239-017-0041-6     Document Type: Article

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