Eine interessante Studie untersucht Nutzung und Erfahrung mit Twitter an US amerikanischen Universitäten. Befragt wurden ca. 2000 Mitarbeiter und Studierende. Die überwiegende Mehrheit nutzt Twitter gar nicht. Doch immerhin ein Drittel der Befragten nutzen den Microblogging Dienst regelmässig. Vor allem die Frage nach Sinn und Nutzen von Twitter im Kontext von Lernen und Lehre differenziert die Befragten. Neben generellen Zweifel an der Anwendung (“The only role Twitter would have in education would be to further dumb down the curriculum and the student body.”) machen viele der Befragten “Educational Professionals” die begrenzte Anzahl von 140 Zeichen zudem verantwortlich für mangelnde Schreibkenntnisse bei Studierenden!
Allerdings finden sich auch spannende positive Bewertungen (“I use Twitter to encourage students to participate in class. It can be a good tool as long as the professor uses some structure in the discussion – such as posting questions about a reading for the students to answer.”) .
Die Key Findings:
- 21.9 percent of respondents say they are “familiar” or “very familiar” with Twitter.
- Of those who use Twitter, 21 percent say they “frequently” use it to collaborate with colleagues; 15.6 percent do so “occasionally.”
- Of those who use Twitter, 7.2 percent are “frequently” using it as a learning tool in the classroom; 9.4 percent do so “occasionally.”
- 71.8 percent of current Twitters expect their usage to increase this school year.
- 20.6 percent of current non-Twitter users say there is a “50/50 chance” they will use Twitter as a learning tool in the classroom in the next two years.
- 12.9 percent of respondents say they tried Twitter, but stopped using it because it took too much time, they did not find it valuable, or a combination of reasons.
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16. August 2010 um 18:25
well, microblogging is much bettern than blogging if you don’t want to put lengthy entries–”