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Social media technologies for collaboration and communication: Perceptions of childcare professionals and families
The primary aim of the study was to develop an understanding of how social media technologies, such as Web 2.0 can be used to facilitate collaboration and communication between childcare professionals and families of young children. Participants involved in this project were selected from three childcare centres and included two centre directors, seven childcare workers and eight parents of children attending one of the centres. Semi-structures individual interviews {n=17} were conducted by the two researchers. Results confirmed differing perspectives about the value of using social media for collaboration and communication between families and early childhood professionals. This paper discusses participants' perceptions of influential factors in adopting social media.
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Publication title
Australasian Journal of Early ChildhoodVolume
39Pagination
36-41ISSN
0312-5033Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Early Childhood Australia Inc.Place of publication
AustraliaRights statement
Copyright 2014 Early Childhood AustraliaRepository Status
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