Learning outcomes

Professional and reflective practitioner skills

At completion of this course, you should be able to:

• identify opportunities to use live Twitter feeds in lessons to encourage student participation
• critically assess the possibilities and problems around using Twitter in the classroom.

Practical skills

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• use Twitter personally to tweet and select users of interest to follow
• use Twitter professionally as a way of linking with other education professionals and organisations
• use Twitter pedagogically to encourage learners to contribute through a live Twitter feed to a classroom activity.

Knowledge and understanding

At the completion of the course, you should be able to demonstrate:

• understanding of the range of potential pedagogical applications of Twitter and how to integrate tweeting into your teaching
• understand how the quality of the experience with Twitter depends on who you choose to follow and how to demonstrate this to your learners.

Cognitive skills

At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

• critically review the use of Twitter in your teaching and share these reviews with others
• discuss different ways in which Twitter might be used for both professional development and pedagogy.