ERIC Number: EJ1134368
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015-May
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What's Going On?: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Media Use in the Writing Classroom
Vie, Stephanie
Journal of Faculty Development, v29 n2 p33-44 May 2015
This article focuses on a national study of writing instructors regarding the inclusion of social media in their teaching. The results from this study indicate the field's burgeoning interest in social media in the writing classroom: as technological tool, as content for analysis, as a composing space, and much more. These findings suggest the value of social media as a pedagogical component and address the potential benefits and challenges for social media's use in the classroom.
Descriptors: Social Media, Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers, National Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Undergraduate Students, Technology Uses in Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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