ABSTRACT

Engagement is an essential factor in successful outcomes for students. Several studies have shown that the use of Twitter in the higher education classroom has the potential to increase student engagement. Student engagement increases students’ academic success, because they are interacting with the course content, peers and the course instructor on a higher level. In this time of a world-wide pandemic, more and more institutions of higher education are offering online courses. The following bullet points have implications for higher education teaching in that they demonstrate the positive aspects of using Twitter. The key findings of this manuscript include:

• There are statistically significant positive correlations between student engagement and their academic success.

• Twitter increases student engagement in the higher education classroom.

• Students who would normally not speak up in class are able to increase their engagement in class discussions, etc. through the use of Twitter.

• Twitter is a potential tool for overcoming student feelings of isolation due to a lack of communication intimacy and immediacy.

• Twitter provides another communication channel; provides a space to share assignments; and provides a medium where students actively engage with other, with the course content, and with the professor both in out of classroom.

摘要

参与是学生取得成功的重要因素。多项研究表明，在高等教育教室中使用Twitter可以提高学生的参与度。学生的参与提高了学生的学术成就，因为他们正在与课程内容，同伴和课程指导者进行更高层次的互动。在当今世界大流行的时代，越来越多的高等教育机构提供在线课程。以下要点对高等教育教学有影响，因为它们证明了使用Twitter的积极方面。该手稿的主要发现包括：

• 在学生参与度和他们的学业成绩之间有统计上显着的正相关。

• Twitter增加了学生在高等教育课堂中的参与度。

• 通常不会在课堂上大声疾呼的学生可以通过使用Twitter来增加他们在课堂讨论等方面的参与度。

• Twitter是克服学生由于缺乏沟通亲密性和即时性而感到孤独的潜在工具。

• Twitter提供了另一个交流渠道；提供共享作业的空间；并提供一种让学生在课堂外与其他人，课程内容和教授积极互动的媒介。