Tweet, Tweet!: Using Live Twitter Chats in Social Work Education

Tweet, Tweet!: Using Live Twitter Chats in Social Work Education

This article focuses on the use of Twitter and how it can be used to help students develop professional social work skills through live chats. An overview of the literature on Twitter in education is provided along with a discussion on New Media Literacies. A description of a live Twitter chat assig...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social work education 2016-05, Vol.35 (4), p.457-468
Hauptverfasser: Hitchcock, Laurel Iverson, Young, Jimmy A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Education work relationship
Learning
Mass media
new media literacies
Professional training
Social media
Social networks
Social skills
Social work
Social Work Education
Students
Twitter
Work experience
Work skills
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Zusammenfassung:This article focuses on the use of Twitter and how it can be used to help students develop professional social work skills through live chats. An overview of the literature on Twitter in education is provided along with a discussion on New Media Literacies. A description of a live Twitter chat assignment with social work students is provided along with results from a survey assessing learning outcomes from the experience. Implications for social work education and suggestions for future research are also provided.
ISSN:0261-5479
1470-1227
DOI:10.1080/02615479.2015.1136273