WhatsApp at Tertiary Education Institutions in Nigeria: The Dichotomy of Academic Disruption or Academic Performance Enhancer?
The purpose of this study is to investigate how WhatsApp disrupt or enhance students' academic performance. This study relied on a qualitative approach to investigate WhatsApp as both an academic disruptor and academic performance enhancer in tertiary education institutions. Participants were select...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Pan African Studies Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 179 - 205 |
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