Higher education scholars' participation and practices on Twitter.
Scholars participate in online social networks for professional purposes. In such networks, learning takes the form of participation and identity formation through engagement in and contribution to networked practices. While current literature describes the possible benefits of online participation,...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 336 - 350 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2012
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