#EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide

I. López-Goñi; J. Giner-Lamia; A. Álvarez-Ordoñez; Alfonso Benitez-Páez; D. Claessen; M. Cortesao; M. de Toro; D. García-Ruano; E. T. Granato; ÁT Kovács; J. L. Romalde; T. G. Sana; M. Sánchez-Angulo; F. J. Sangari; W. K. Smits; T. Sturm; J. L. Thomassin; K. N.G. Valdehuesa; M. Zapotoczna

doi:10.1093/femsle/fnz141

#EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide

I. López-Goñi, J. Giner-Lamia, A. Álvarez-Ordoñez, Alfonso Benitez-Páez, D. Claessen, M. Cortesao, M. de Toro, D. García-Ruano, E. T. Granato, ÁT Kovács, J. L. Romalde, T. G. Sana, M. Sánchez-Angulo, F. J. Sangari, W. K. Smits, T. Sturm, J. L. Thomassin, K. N.G. Valdehuesa, M. Zapotoczna

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Twitter is one of the most popular social media networks that, in recent years, has been increasingly used by researchers as a platform to share science and discuss ongoing work. Despite its popularity, Twitter is not commonly used as a medium to teach science. Here, we summarize the results of #EUROmicroMOOC: the first worldwide Microbiology Massive Open Online Course taught in English using Twitter. Content analytics indicated that more than 3 million users saw posts with the hashtag #EUROmicroMOOC, which resulted in over 42 million Twitter impressions worldwide. These analyses demonstrate that free Microbiology MOOCs shared on Twitter are valuable educational tools that reach broad audiences throughout the world. We also describe our experience teaching an entire Microbiology course using Twitter and provide recommendations when using social media to communicate science to a broad audience.

Original language	English
Journal	FEMS microbiology letters
Volume	366
Issue number	11
Early online date	20 Jun 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz141
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

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MOOC
open access
science communication
social networks
Twitter

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López-Goñi, I., Giner-Lamia, J., Álvarez-Ordoñez, A., Benitez-Páez, A., Claessen, D., Cortesao, M., de Toro, M., García-Ruano, D., Granato, E. T., Kovács, ÁT., Romalde, J. L., Sana, T. G., Sánchez-Angulo, M., Sangari, F. J., Smits, W. K., Sturm, T., Thomassin, J. L., Valdehuesa, K. N. G., & Zapotoczna, M. (2019). #EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide. FEMS microbiology letters, 366(11). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz141

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