Microblogging: an online resource to support education and training processes

The relevance and use of Social networks (SN) in people's daily lives make them outstanding elements as valid and supportive online resources for education and training processes. Within these SN, the case of microblogging (specifically Twitter) is a potential ally to promote communication, deb...

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Autores: García Río, Esther, Baena Luna, Pedro, Palos Sánchez, Pedro Ramiro, Aguayo Camacho, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/136035
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/136035
https://doi.org/10.54988/cv.2022.2.1013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microblogging
Education
Training
Twitter
Online resources
Educación
Formación
Recursos en línea
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Sumario:The relevance and use of Social networks (SN) in people's daily lives make them outstanding elements as valid and supportive online resources for education and training processes. Within these SN, the case of microblogging (specifically Twitter) is a potential ally to promote communication, debate, and access to information and documentation for both students and teachers. In this paper, we conduct an in-depth review of the related literature, where we analyze the scientific articles that have addressed the use of microblogging in connection with educational and training activities. The results obtained show that together with a series of benefits of the integrate the use of this resource in the educational field, other possible benefits in the field of the development of meta-skills, the improvement of the motivation of the participants together with greater participation and a reflective and critical spirit are also evident.