Using online social networking for teaching and learning: Facebook use at the university of cape town

Communicatio

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-200

  Bosch, Tanja E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Facebook; Online learning; Social networking; Virtual ethnography

Indexed keywords

EID: 85064776853     PISSN: 02500167     EISSN: 17535379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02500160903250648     Document Type: Article

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