Social Media Use by Instructional Design Departments

Autor/inn/en	Romero-Hall, Enilda; Kimmons, Royce; Veletsianos, George
Titel	Social Media Use by Instructional Design Departments
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 34 (2018) 5, S.86-98 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1449-5554
Schlagwörter	Social Media; Instructional Design; Graduate Study; Graduate Students; Social Networks; Computer Mediated Communication; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Educational Technology; Foreign Countries; Correlation; United States; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Medien; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Studentin; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Computerkonferenz; Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design; Unterrichtsmedien; Ausland; Korrelation; USA; Kanada
Abstract	The aim of this investigation was to gain an understanding of the use of institutional social media accounts by graduate departments. This study focused particularly on the social media accounts of instructional design (ID) graduate programs. Content and statistical analyses were conducted to examine 24,948 tweets posted by ID programs (n = 22) on Twitter. Results revealed that ID graduate programs primarily used Twitter to broadcast resources and materials related to the field. Additionally, results showed that ID programs most frequently used Twitter to boost the profile of their program. Yet, tweets highlighting student and faculty accomplishments had the highest percentage of community interactions (likes and retweets). These findings suggest that ID programs are functioning as filters of information relevant to the field rather than conversational hubs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. Ascilite Secretariat, P.O. Box 44, Figtree, NSW, Australia. Tel: +61-8-9367-1133; e-mail: info@ascilite.org.au; Web site: https://ajet.org.au/index.php/AJET
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01