Social media has been on the rise ever since its creation. In recent years though we have been seeing more and more of social media use in the college classroom. Whether it is required to tweet regularly on subjects relating to the class, blogging on a weekly basis, or just watching YouTube videos to supplement a lecture.
Are there benefits to using social media as an integral part of a class though? Studies say yes! In a study titled The
effect of Twitter on college student engagement and grade(2011), researches observed 7 sections of the same class, 4 sections used Twitter as an integral part of the class and 3 did not, acting as the control group. The results showed that students that were required to use Twitter actually had significantly higher grades than the control group. So if you have ever been annoyed with having to tweet or blog for a class, you should really be thanking the professor!
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