Twitter as a teaching practice to enhance active and informal learning in higher education: The case of sustainable tweets

• Published in: Active learning in higher education Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 9 - 21
• Main Author: Kassens-Noor, Eva
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.03.2012
• Subjects: Active Learning; Comparative Analysis; Computer Mediated Communication; Educational Technology; Electronic Learning; Electronic Publishing; Experiments; Handheld Devices; Higher Education; Informal Education; Social Networks; Teaching Methods; Telecommunications; Web 2.0 Technologies; Web Sites; informal learning; Twitter; active learning; teaching practice; Web 2.0; sustainability

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...