Commitment Dynamics in Online Professional Learning Networks: Using Twitter as an Example

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Short Description

Social media, which provides new opportunities for teachers to learn, communicate and develop professional relationships, has been proved to be a valid and helpful resource for teachers’ professional learning purposes. This work proposes an empirical study of a massive Twitter-based professional learning network to investigate participants’ commitment dynamics over time using social network analysis.

Authors

• Presenter: Hanxiang Du, University of Florida

• Presenter: Wanli Xing, University of Florida

• Contributor: Gaoxia Zhu, Cornell University