
Screen shot of a Twitter Chat discussion. Twitter is used in both online and face-to-face classes as a tool to support active learning. A professor at UT Dallas documented an experiment using Twitter to engage students during lecture, described here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8. Other ways to use Twitter, learn more http://www.onlinecolleges.net/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/ (image from Dr Z. Reflects Blog http://drzreflects.blogspot.com/2014/03/r-u-following-education-twitter-chats.html