“Pedagogical tweeting” in higher education: boon or bane?

International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Adams, Britt ^a   Raes, Annelies ^a,b   Montrieux, Hannelore ^a   Schellens, Tammy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Expectations and experiences; Higher education; Mixed methods; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047273650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23659440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41239-018-0102-5     Document Type: Article

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