Facebook: Learning Tool or Distraction?

Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 92-98

  Fewkes, Aaron M ^a   McCabe, Mike ^a  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

censorship; educational technology; Facebook; Ontario; policy; secondary schools; social media; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 85036054305     PISSN: 21532974     EISSN: 23327383     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21532974.2012.10784686     Document Type: Article

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