TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching with Twitter: An Extension to the Traditional Learning Environment.
AU - Middleditch, Paul
AU - Moindrot, William
AU - Rudkin, Simon
PY - 2022/9/26
Y1 - 2022/9/26
N2 - Recent global events have forced a reexamination of the teaching tools that we make use of in higher education. We present our findings from a pilot, using Twitter as an extension to the learning environment for economics students at the University of Manchester and draw lessons for the use of this platform as part of a taught course. We suggest that, whilst popular in terms of personal adoption with students, the use of the Twitter platform is not empirically important for learning outcomes, with the important exception of where students have a history of lower performance. As a result, we suggest that targeted use may prove more warranted where the range of abilities is wide.
AB - Recent global events have forced a reexamination of the teaching tools that we make use of in higher education. We present our findings from a pilot, using Twitter as an extension to the learning environment for economics students at the University of Manchester and draw lessons for the use of this platform as part of a taught course. We suggest that, whilst popular in terms of personal adoption with students, the use of the Twitter platform is not empirically important for learning outcomes, with the important exception of where students have a history of lower performance. As a result, we suggest that targeted use may prove more warranted where the range of abilities is wide.
U2 - 10.1016/j.iree.2022.100252
DO - 10.1016/j.iree.2022.100252
M3 - Article
SN - 1477-3880
JO - International Review of Economics Education
JF - International Review of Economics Education
ER -