Design Considerations for Integrating Twitter into an Online Course

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) applicat...

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Autores principales:	Linda Elizabeth Rohr, Jane Costello, Thomas Hawkins
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2015
Materias:	online learning Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0b82e7d176e34b6599332d6eaf9809da2021-12-02T18:03:24ZDesign Considerations for Integrating Twitter into an Online Course10.19173/irrodl.v16i4.23761492-3831https://doaj.org/article/0b82e7d176e34b6599332d6eaf9809da2015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2376https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 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. Such an application and how it improved the assessment process of grading Tweet events is described. In addition to the technological considerations, the soundness of the Twitter learning design in the course impacts the effectiveness of the Tweet events for learning and enhancing the much needed online social presence. Learning design considerations are also discussed. Linda Elizabeth RohrJane CostelloThomas HawkinsAthabasca University Pressarticleonline learningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 16, Iss 4 (2015)
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description	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. Such an application and how it improved the assessment process of grading Tweet events is described. In addition to the technological considerations, the soundness of the Twitter learning design in the course impacts the effectiveness of the Tweet events for learning and enhancing the much needed online social presence. Learning design considerations are also discussed.
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Design Considerations for Integrating Twitter into an Online Course

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