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ERIC Number: EJ1135841
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 15
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ISSN: EISSN-1812-9129
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When Twitter Meets Advocacy: A Multicultural Undergraduate Research Project from a First-Year Seminar
Maben, Sarah; Helvie-Mason, Lora
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, v29 n1 p162-176 2017
Two professors share how they combined Web 2.0, multicultural themes, and undergraduate research in a first-year seminar. The professors explain the "perfect storm" of a project in which undergraduate students collected and analyzed tweets from advocates for various multicultural causes to produce their first collegiate research project. Capitalizing on student interest in social networking, professors aimed to meet multiple student learning objectives and satisfy an overarching theme of multiculturalism for the first-year seminar at a university in the southwestern United States. Students analyzed Twitter handles for causes or individuals advocating for causes related to social, political, and humanitarian efforts. Using basic qualitative and quantitative approaches, students wrote undergraduate research papers and presented their findings about how their cause and advocates used Twitter. The article provides project and assessment rubrics, ideas for improvement, and tools for replication.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Tests/Questionnaires; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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