To Tweet or Not To Tweet? Social Media in the Classroom
This piece argues that new technologies generally, and social media in particular, are too often accepted uncritically and incorporated hastily into course designs for the humanities. The author encourages teachers to ask two basic questions when considering social media in the classroom: 1. Does so...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2014
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 40-41 |
Further subjects: | B
Classroom Technology
B Pedagogy B Social media B Twitter B Facebook |
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Summary: | This piece argues that new technologies generally, and social media in particular, are too often accepted uncritically and incorporated hastily into course designs for the humanities. The author encourages teachers to ask two basic questions when considering social media in the classroom: 1. Does social media actually improve the learning process? And 2. How are these technologies embedded in the larger socio-economic context? |
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ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v43i1.40 |