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Educational Methods

Professional development

Marshall University

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Education All A'Twitter: Twitter's Role In Educational Technology, Rikki Elaine Mccormick Lowe Jan 2016

Education All A'Twitter: Twitter's Role In Educational Technology, Rikki Elaine Mccormick Lowe

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The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine whether current uses of Twitter by educators correlate with the literature on the uses and advantages of using Twitter in education through an examination of United States educators and West Virginia educators. Data was obtained from responses to the online survey, Education All A’Twitter: Twitter’s Role in Educational Technology, content analysis of public Twitter feeds, and semi-structured interviews that were sorted, coded, organized, and analyzed to identify emergent themes. The study had a population that included 97 survey responses, 78 Twitter feeds, and 8 semi-structured interviews. There were survey respondents …