Tweeting during lectures & tutorials: engaging learners—not clipping their wings.

Pate, A. G. (2014) Tweeting during lectures & tutorials: engaging learners—not clipping their wings. In: 7th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 10 Apr 2014,

Abstract

All students on the MA Primary Education Programme were encouraged to tweet during lectures and tutorials in Semesters 1 & 2 for two specific courses in order to determine if it would impact on their engagement and learning. Within weeks, three main types of tweets were identified: questions/answers, reflections and reporting. While this project is still ongoing, early results have been positive. Contrary to the expectation that students would be off-task, the results have shown that during the lecture/tutorial they are reflecting more on the main lecture points, asking (and answering) relevant questions (particularly by students who are traditionally more-reserved) and they are tweeting web links and academic references which link to wider reading and engagement with the subject.<p></p> The author will reflect on the impact tweeting has had on the methodologies used in his own practice for lectures and tutorials. Evaluation data has shown that responding to live comments/questions provided students with lectures which were more engaging and interactive.<p></p> The presentation will conclude with a consideration of how this social media can be applied in other programmes.<p></p>

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Keywords: twitter tweeting tweet lecture
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Pate, Mr A
• Authors: Pate, A. G.
• Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education; L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social & Environmental Sustainability