Twittering informal learning and student engagement in first-year units

This chapter outlines an investigation into the utility of the online service Twitter as a tool for facilitating informal learning amongst first-year university students. Twitter was introduced to two first-year student groups, both taking the unit Web Communications 101; one group in a campus-based...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leaver, Tama
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Curtin University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7870
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24565