Twitter as an Informal Learning Space for Teachers!? The Role of Social Capital in Twitter Conversations Among Teachers
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- Title
- Twitter as an Informal Learning Space for Teachers!? The Role of Social Capital in Twitter Conversations Among Teachers
- Abstract/Description
- Twitter can contribute to the continuous professional development of teachers by initiating and fostering informal learning. Social capital theory can aid to analyze the underlying communication processes and outcomes. Yet, previous research has largely neglected teachers and the role of social capital on Twitter. The present study addresses this shortcoming by analysing a hashtag conversation among German speaking teachers. Using social network analysis, we are able to show the relevance of the structural dimension of social capital in Twitter conversations among teachers.
- Date
- In publication
- Teaching and Teacher Education
- Volume
- 60
- Pages
- 215-223
- Resource type
- en Research/Scholarly Media
- Resource status/form
- en Published Text
- Scholarship genre
- en Empirical
- Keywords
- social network analysis
- social media
- teacher professional development
- social capital
- informal learning
- Language
- en
- Open access/full-text available
- en No
- Peer reviewed
- en Yes
- ISSN
- 0742-051X
- Citation
- Rehm, M., & Notten, A. (2016). Twitter as an Informal Learning Space for Teachers!? The Role of Social Capital in Twitter Conversations Among Teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 60, 215–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.08.015
- Abbreviation
- Teaching and Teacher Education
- Item sets
- Handbook Chapter 19 Citations
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