DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Twitter hashtags may serve as valuable means for teachers' professional development. However, given the diversity of hashtag spaces and teacher needs, teachers must assess a given hashtag and compare it to their learning needs and preferences before determining whether it would be helpful. To s...
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2020-06-01
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| author | Spencer P. Greenhalgh |
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| description | Twitter hashtags may serve as valuable means for teachers' professional development. However, given the diversity of hashtag spaces and teacher needs, teachers must assess a given hashtag and compare it to their learning needs and preferences before determining whether it would be helpful. To support this reflection, I examine data associated with 60 Regional Educational Twitter Hashtags (RETHs) during the first six months of 2016 to begin describing the variety of teacher learning-focused Twitter spaces and make distinctions between them. My results indicate that these RETHs vary according to their relative focus on sharing, intimacy of personal connection, and volume of activity, each of which has implications for professional development. The dimensions resulting from this study may prove helpful for teachers, teacher educators, and hashtag coordinators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed1022f472e746188676247f9df466052023-09-02T20:03:36ZengFirenze University PressItalian Journal of Educational Technology2532-46322532-77202020-06-0110.17471/2499-4324/1161DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTSpencer P. Greenhalgh0University of Kentucky, LexingtonTwitter hashtags may serve as valuable means for teachers' professional development. However, given the diversity of hashtag spaces and teacher needs, teachers must assess a given hashtag and compare it to their learning needs and preferences before determining whether it would be helpful. To support this reflection, I examine data associated with 60 Regional Educational Twitter Hashtags (RETHs) during the first six months of 2016 to begin describing the variety of teacher learning-focused Twitter spaces and make distinctions between them. My results indicate that these RETHs vary according to their relative focus on sharing, intimacy of personal connection, and volume of activity, each of which has implications for professional development. The dimensions resulting from this study may prove helpful for teachers, teacher educators, and hashtag coordinators.https://ijet.itd.cnr.it/article/view/1161Teachers’ Professional DevelopmentSocial MediaTwitter HashtagsEducational TechnologyTechnology Enhanced Learning (TEL) |
| spellingShingle | Spencer P. Greenhalgh DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Italian Journal of Educational Technology Teachers’ Professional Development Social Media Twitter Hashtags Educational Technology Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) |
| title | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| title_full | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| title_fullStr | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| title_full_unstemmed | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| title_short | DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TEACHER-FOCUSED TWITTER HASHTAGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| title_sort | differences between teacher focused twitter hashtags and implications for professional development |
| topic | Teachers’ Professional Development Social Media Twitter Hashtags Educational Technology Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) |
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