Three Cases of Hashtags Used as Learning and Professional Development Environments

@article{Veletsianos2016ThreeCO,
  title={Three Cases of Hashtags Used as Learning and Professional Development Environments},
  author={George Veletsianos},
  journal={TechTrends},
  year={2016},
  volume={61},
  pages={284 - 292},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:64476519}
}
Results show that hashtags exhibit similarities, such as unequal user participation, and question deterministic thinking with respect to emerging technologies and novel professional development environments.
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