Social Media Tools and Platforms in Learning Environments

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: White, Bebo (Editor), King, Irwin (Editor), Tsang, Philip (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Computer science.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Education > Data processing.; Educational technology.; Computer Science.; Computers and Education.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Educational Technology.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

Online social media have transformed the face of human interaction in the 21st century. Wikis, blogs, online groups and forums, podcasts, virtual worlds, and social tagging are but a few of the applications enabling innovative behaviors that support acquisition, access, manipulation, retrieval, and...