Integrating Educational Twitter Live Chats into Teacher Education Classrooms

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Short Description

Twitter live chats have recently gained considerable attention from practitioners and scholars, but pertinent empirical research has been minimal. This paper provides a delineation and examination of a series of instructor-designed learning activities through which pre-service teachers participate in educational Twitter live chats. Students overall favored the live chat experience and perceived multiple professional and educational benefits of these activities, though challenges due to unfamiliarity with the live text format arose. Pedagogical implications are discussed.

Authors

• Tian Luo, Ohio University

• Jamie Smith, Ohio University