An interesting case study on using Twitter in a face-to-face classroom to help facilitate discussion. There are many open questions regarding the effective use of Twitter in the classroom, and for that matter anything other than marketing, but these related articles and posts provide some instructional practices as well as some things to think about.
“Monica Rankin PhD., an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Dallas who was looking to incorporate more student-centered activities in her U.S. History course this past spring. How she accomplished this goal is what makes it so intriguing. She used Twitter the micro-blogging site.”
Here is an additional to this story with some additional points and comments.
For those of you new to , below are a few additional links of interest:
- by Common Craft.
- A Comical YouTube video explaining Twitter: .
- An article in Chronicle of Higher Ed about Twitter: .
See also:
- Student Collaboration in the Online Classroom (March 9th, 2010)
- What is an Online Course? (1) (March 8th, 2010)
- The standard for online courses is firmly in place? (March 6th, 2010)
- ITaP Distance Education Incentive Award Winners 2009-10 (March 5th, 2010)
- K. Balaji & Sabina Khan win SMU-DE VIDYADEEP, a national level case study competition (March 5th, 2010)
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