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Exploring The Relationship Between Online Discourse And Commitment In Twitter Professional Learning Communities, Fei Gao Dec 2017

Exploring The Relationship Between Online Discourse And Commitment In Twitter Professional Learning Communities, Fei Gao

Fei Gao

Educators show great interest in participating in social-media communities, such as Twitter, to support their professional development and learning. The majority of the research into Twitter-based professional learning communities has investigated why educators choose to use Twitter for professional development and learning and what they actually do in these communities. However, few studies have examined why certain community members remain committed and others gradually drop out. To fill this gap in the research, this study investigated how some key features of online discourse influenced the continued participation of the members of a Twitter-based professional learning community. More than 600,000 tweets …