19. Theoretical Underpinning
Chickering & Gamson’s (1999) Good Practice in Undergraduate
Education
1. Encourages student-faculty contact
2. Encourages cooperation among students
3. Encourages active learning
4. Gives prompt feedback
5. Emphasizes time on task
6. Communicates high expectations
7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning
20. Research Suggests….
Lots of positivity around use of Twitter in edu.
“Twitter helped students feel more comfortable
asking questions they may not be comfortable
with asking in class”.
Junco (2011)
22. Downfalls?
So we’ve seen examples of Twitter to support
customer services and teaching & learning.
Can you see any downfalls or cautions to using
Twitter?
23. Downfalls?
Students might expect 24/7 support
What about Professional Identity of students,
individual staff and corporate accounts?
37. Retweet
MT – Modified Tweet
Shares someone else’s tweet with changes to all of
your followers
38. #hashtags
The # symbol is used to mark keywords or topics in a tweet,
which are then used to categorise / search tweets.
39. Tips for starting on Twitter
Decide how you want to use Twitter
Personally? Professionally? Combination?
Follow people
You’ll be more informed about what’s happening.
People frequently follow you back.