@inproceedings{5a5d424342cb4645ba4dccbee85d6c36,
title = "Student Engagement in the Use of Instant Messaging Communication in Flexible Education",
abstract = "The use of smartphones to communicate among students using instant messaging is very popular in Hong Kong. Recent research has been done on the use of instant messaging in teaching and learning especially in the tertiary education context. The use of instant messaging communication on undergraduate dissertation supervision in the context of flexible teaching and learning with the emphasis on student engagement was discussed. Some measures of student engagement in such communication are proposed. {\textcopyright} Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015.",
keywords = "Flexible education, Instant messaging, Student engagement, Teaching and learning",
author = "Francis Yue",
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[email protected].; 1st International Conference on Technology in Education, ICTE 2014 ; Conference date: 02-07-2014 Through 04-07-2014",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1007/978-3-662-46158-7\_1",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-662-46157-0",
series = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
publisher = "Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
pages = "1--8",
editor = "Li, \{Kam Cheong\} and Tak-Lam Wong and Cheung, \{Simon K. S. \} and Jeanne Lam and Ng, \{Kwan Keung\}",
booktitle = "Technology in Education. Transforming Educational Practices with Technology",
edition = "1",
}