ACTIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUE 12Live-Tweet Lecture

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Description and Purpose

In a Live-Tweet Lecture, the professor asks students to use Twitter, a microblogging platform that restricts posts to 140 characters, to share important ideas about the content of a lecture while it is in progress. The Live-Tweet Lecture enables professors to use social media to foster student engagement. It provides students with a specific task to complete during the lecture that requires them to actively engage with the content. The posts also enable back-channel discussion that can add insight and value to the lecture itself.

In addition to posting, students can also ...

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