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...
| Published in: | Bulletin for the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2014
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Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Classroom Technology
B Pedagogy B Social media B Twitter B Facebook |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| 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 |