Deviating from the traditional instructional tools: Integrating twitter in a sociology of deviance course;S’éloigner des outils pédagogiques traditionnels: Intégrer twitter dans un cours sur la sociologie de la deviance

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Peters, Adrienne M F ^a   Costello, Jane ^a   Crane, Daph ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Class engagement; Online learning; Sense of community; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 85062088190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14996685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21432/cjlt27792     Document Type: Article

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