Junco (2011) on page 120 writes that Twitter, as a microblogging platform, provides more of an ongoing public dialogue among multiple users that can be more effectively used for educational purposes over other media, such as Facebook. Twitter also encourages faculty to be more engaged with students as well as educational peers. Does Twitter, however, actually enhance learning?
I would say that Twitter does enhance learning simply via its collaborative nature where ideas can be discussed and expanded on. However, it would take multiple tweets to provide detail on any one subject as a single post is limited to 140 characters, as I discovered as I tweeted my first time this past week.
I discovered a cool interactive site created by Helen Doyle on the use of Twitter in education:
http://prezi.com/gsp73lokv3ni/social-media-twitter-as-a-tool-for-education/
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