Share Paper: The Role of Faculty in the Use of Twitter in Large Lecture Courses

  1. Heather Ross, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  2. Ryan Banow, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
  3. Stan Yu, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Wednesday, June 26 3:05-3:25 PM Saanich 2

Abstract: Abstract: At the University of Saskatchewan, we are currently engaged in a multi-year research study to examine the use of Twitter as a back channel in large lecture courses to determine its impact on increasing students’ sense of engagement with each other, the content, the instructor and the university community in general. In this first year, three courses in the disciplines of nursing, geography and psychology, with class sizes ranging from approximately 135 students to 350 students participated. For this presentation we will discuss the differences between these initial three classes and what "best practices" appear to be emerging. This ...