2015
DOI: 10.19173/irrodl.v16i4.2376
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Design Considerations for Integrating Twitter into an Online Course

Abstract: <p>While the use of Twitter for communication and assessment activities in online courses is not new, it has not been without its challenges. This is increasingly true of high enrolment courses. The use of a Twitter Evaluation application which leverages a Learning Management System’s (LMS’s) application programming interface (API) provides a solution which reduces the administrative overhead associated with tracking students’ Tweets and allows the grader to focus on the assessment of the Tweets’ quality… Show more

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“…In the course, Twitter has been used as an expression tool to create a sense of belonging to a learning community and to demonstrate what has been learned upon leaving the virtual classroom environment. Using Twitter increases social presence and sense of community among course participants (Rohr, Costello, & Hawkins, 2015). The participants voluntarily used the social network Twitter as a means of expression external to Moodle, generating a total of 75 tweets, sharing text, images, and audios.…”
Section: Design Phasementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the course, Twitter has been used as an expression tool to create a sense of belonging to a learning community and to demonstrate what has been learned upon leaving the virtual classroom environment. Using Twitter increases social presence and sense of community among course participants (Rohr, Costello, & Hawkins, 2015). The participants voluntarily used the social network Twitter as a means of expression external to Moodle, generating a total of 75 tweets, sharing text, images, and audios.…”
Section: Design Phasementioning
confidence: 99%
“…(1) Definition of Online Courseware Teaching There is no unified definition for the definition of online courseware teaching. I have defined the online courseware teaching as: the so-called online courseware teaching is a brand-new teaching method that combines the most advanced Computer network technology and courseware technology are completely combined for teaching [14][15]; this is the application of courseware technology supported by Internet technology, which will be boring. Through the use of computer network technology, the boring knowledge in the classroom is tightly integrated into Audio, video, film and action make a real teaching method based on communication and discussion.…”
Section: 2online Coursewarementioning
confidence: 99%
“…YouTube videos are easily mounted in courses. Research has shown Twitter to be a useful, "informalizing" and accessible strategy for creating community (Rohr, Costello, & Hawkins, 2015).…”
Section: Community and Participationmentioning
confidence: 99%