Twitter as a Teaching Practice to Enhance Active and Informal Learning in Higher Education: The Case of Sustainable Tweets

Autor/in	Kassens-Noor, Eva
Titel	Twitter as a Teaching Practice to Enhance Active and Informal Learning in Higher Education: The Case of Sustainable Tweets
Quelle	In: Active Learning in Higher Education, 13 (2012) 1, S.9-21 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1469-7874
DOI	10.1177/1469787411429190
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Higher Education; Informal Education; Active Learning; Teaching Methods; Web 2.0 Technologies; Experiments; Comparative Analysis; Educational Technology; Computer Mediated Communication; Social Networks; Electronic Publishing; Web Sites; Telecommunications; Handheld Devices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Aktives Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Erprobung; Unterrichtsmedien; Computerkonferenz; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Elektronisches Publizieren; Web-Design; Telekommunikationstechnik
Abstract	With the rise of Web 2.0, a multitude of new possibilities on how to use these online technologies for active learning has intrigued researchers. While most instructors have used Twitter for in-class discussions, this study explores the teaching practice of Twitter as an active, informal, outside-of-class learning tool. Through a comparative experiment in a small classroom setting, this study asks whether the use of Twitter aids students in learning of a particular subject matter. And if so, in which learning contexts Twitter offers advantages over more traditional teaching methods. This exploratory study showed potential opportunities and pitfalls that Twitter could bring to the e-learning community in higher education. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10