TWITTER AS AN EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

2015 The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Cilt 2014/15, Sayı 1

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The purpose of the study is to present a review of Twitter as an educational environment,
as research is relatively new. The reviewed studies have been categorized into three
sections:
 Reasons to use Twitter,
 Twitter as an educational environment, and
 some drawbacks.
Twitter and language teaching and learning and Twitter and libraries were subtitled under
the section of Twitter as an educational environment. To conclude, current literature
reflects that Twitter has a positive impact on education, while there has been a very
serious lack of research on Twitter as an educational environment. Finally, the study ends
with practical recommendations for researchers and educators.

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