The role of social networks in students' learning Experiences

ITiCSE-WGR 2007 - Working Group Reports on ITiCSE on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 224-237

  Liccardi, Ilaria ^a   Ounnas, Asma ^a   Pau, Reena ^a   Massey, Elizabeth ^b   Kinnunen, Päivi ^c   Lewthwaite, Sarah ^d   Midy, Marie Anne ^e   Sarkar, Chandan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e 1148 Kelley Engineering Center Corvallis   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Higher education; Learning process; Social network; Student experience

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING PROCESS; RESEARCH FOCUS; SOCIAL SOFTWARE; STUDENT EXPERIENCES; STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCES; UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85016084040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1345443.1345442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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