Student Perceptions of Microblogging: Integrating Twitter with Blogging to Support Learning and Interaction

Social networking technologies are used by millions of individuals around the globe to foster dialogue and share all types of information. It is therefore common to see that campuses abound with students embracing these technologies, sharing everything from personal experiences to general interests and current events with their immediate and extended social circles. Unfortunately, the adaptation of institutional course management system (CMS) software has not been so progressive, and the inclusion of these popular and powerful technologies, which have the potential to foster learning and interaction from a social context, remain somewhat absent from popular CMS platforms, such as Blackboard and Angel.

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