Is Twitter an Effective Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education? Perspectives of Education Graduate Students
ARTICLE
Krishna Bista
Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Volume 15, Number 2, ISSN 1527-9316
Abstract
This study presents the perspectives of education graduate students of using Twitter as a pedagogical tool for 15 weeks as a required social media activity in class. The results indicated that participants in each course reported a positive learning experience of using Twitter. Although this was their first experience with Twitter, participants reported that Twitter provided space and opportunities to engage in academic activities as a new pedagogical tool. Participants reported they used Twitter to receive immediate and frequent course information, ask questions to the mentor, update course assignments, and to share helpful information from outside the textbook with their fellow classmates and mentor. This study also highlights suggestions and implications for utilization of Twitter in personal and professional development.
Citation
Bista, K. (2015). Is Twitter an Effective Pedagogical Tool in Higher Education? Perspectives of Education Graduate Students. Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15(2), 83-102. Retrieved March 28, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/160534/.
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Keywords
- case studies
- computer mediated communication
- Education Majors
- Educational Benefits
- Electronic Publishing
- Essays
- Graduate students
- Handheld Devices
- Information Dissemination
- learner engagement
- Learning Experience
- Mentors
- Qualitative Research
- Questionnaires
- social networks
- teaching methods
- Technology Uses in Education
- Telecommunications
- User Satisfaction (Information)
- Web Sites
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