Share Paper: The Effectiveness of Twitter as an Adjunctive Pedagogical Tool for Online Statistics Education: An Empirical Study

  1. Ami Gates, Kaplan University, United States
  2. Jeremy Bolton, Kaplan University, United States

Abstract: This paper offers an analysis of the effectiveness of Twitter as an adjunctive pedagogical online classroom tool. The study consisted of 299 students from 11 sections of two online statistics courses (graduate and undergraduate). In the research groups, Twitter was used as an optional pedagogical tool. Weekly Tweets included deadlines, due-dates, reminders, announcement alerts, new tutorials and resources, continued class discussions, challenge questions, career information, and related university updates. Control and research group student perception and performance were compared. A student perception survey was statistically analyzed. Results for student perception and performance are reported with respect to the use of ...