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A Twitter Experiment at UT-Dallas

A Twitter Experiment at UT-Dallas

Written by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl
January 25, 2011

classroom culture social networking Twitter

In collaboration with the University of Texas-Dallas Arts and Technology EMAC group, history professor Monica Rankin, explored the use of Twitter as a way to engage students in history learning.  YouTube user kesmit3 documented the experiment, along with Professor Dean Terry, and helped with the experiment itself as part of a graduate course. 



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