The pedagogical use of Twitter in the university classroom

dc.contributor.advisor Barbara J. Blakely
dc.contributor.author Mccool, Lynn
dc.contributor.department Department of English
dc.date 2018-08-12T00:44:23.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T02:39:18Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T02:39:18Z
dc.date.copyright Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2011
dc.date.embargo 2013-06-05
dc.date.issued 2011-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Social media is revolutionizing how we think and communicate. For educators, the pressing question is centered not so much around <i>if</i> technology should be used in the classroom or when it should be used, but <i>what type</i> should be used in the classroom. My purpose for this study was to discover how Twitter might be used pedagogically to assist students in communication, collaboration, and participation within an ecology of practice which views New Media through the lens of the classical canons of rhetoric. Using a qualitative approach, data was gathered from personal interviews, academic Twitter feeds, course websites, instructors' blogs, and published scholarly research. Because it is an easily accessible, free service that provides an alternative to Facebook and host to a number of free applications and tools, Twitter has been suitably used for pedagogical and rhetorical purposes within the university classroom.</p>
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dc.identifier archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/11947/
dc.identifier.articleid 2924
dc.identifier.contextkey 2808122
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/etd-180810-2704
dc.identifier.s3bucket isulib-bepress-aws-west
dc.identifier.submissionpath etd/11947
dc.identifier.uri https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/26151
dc.language.iso en
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dc.subject.disciplines English Language and Literature
dc.subject.disciplines Rhetoric and Composition
dc.subject.keywords canons
dc.subject.keywords ecology
dc.subject.keywords environment
dc.subject.keywords genre
dc.subject.keywords new media
dc.subject.keywords social media
dc.title The pedagogical use of Twitter in the university classroom
dc.type thesis en_US
dc.type.genre thesis en_US
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thesis.degree.level thesis
thesis.degree.name Master of Arts
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