By Paige Chapman, Chronicle of Higher Ed
The report comes as other researchers are discovering that Twitter can have classroom benefits. Reynol Junco, who studies social media as an associate professor of academic development and counseling at Lock Haven University, has found that the microblogging platform can improve student engagement. For example, students are more likely to continue discussion outside the classroom, he says, because they can log on to Twitter from their dorm rooms. With a growing number of academics on the site, he adds, students can use the network to seek their expertise. Mr. Junco doesn’t find the study’s results discouraging. Professors, he says, have an easier time seeing how Twitter can be a useful teaching tool once they start using it to share information with peers.
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