Twitter Social Network in University Teaching. Digital Innovation Strategy for Social Responsibility
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Design
2.1. Objectives
- SO1
- To increase and enrich the interaction between university students, teachers and society, through microblogging services, and more specifically through Twitter.
- SO2
- To promote the degree of involvement of students with the subjects, promoting an active methodology.
- SO3
- To deepen exploration into the contents worked on in the face-to-face classes; activities that propitiate their reflection.
2.2. Context Features and Sample
2.3. Methodology
- “Didactics in Social Education” #innovUPO #didactica
- “Evaluation, quality and educational innovation for social cohesion” #innovUPO #evalcal
- “Educational intervention for the social integration of people at risk of exclusion” #innovUPO #intervencion
- “Management and organization of Social Education centres and institutions” #innovUPO #diror
- “New Technologies and Information Management” #innovUPO #TICL1
3. Results Regarding the Use of Twitter
3.1. Subject 1: Didactics in Social Education (DSE)
3.2. Subject 2: “Evaluation, Quality and Educational Innovation for Social Cohesion” (EVAL)
3.3. Subject 3: “Educational Intervention for the Social Integration of People at Risk of Exclusion” (INT)
3.4. Subject 4: “Management and Organization of Social Education Centres and Institutions” (DIOR)
3.5. Subject 5: “New Technologies and Information Management” (NNTT)
3.6. Overall Results
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Subjects | Course/Degree | Enrolled Students | Participants | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Twitter Users | Not Twitter Users | ||||||
M | W | M | W | M | W | ||
1. Didactics in Social Education (DSE) | First of double degree in SE & SW | 5 | 55 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 9 |
2. Evaluation, quality and educational innovation for social cohesion (EVAL) | Fourth of degree in SE | 7 | 43 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
3. Evaluation, quality and educational innovation for social cohesion (EVAL) | Fifth of double degree in SE & SW | 3 | 48 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
4. Educational intervention for the social integration of people at risk of exclusion (INT) | Second of degree in SE | 10 | 49 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
5. Management and organization of Social Education centres and institutions (DIOR) | Fourth of degree in SE | 6 | 42 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
6. New Technologies and Information Management (NNTT) | First of degree in SW (L1) | 8 | 54 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 5 |
TOTAL | 39 | 291 | 17 | 142 | 1 | 21 | |
330 | 159 | 22 |
Subjects | Total Participants | % |
---|---|---|
1. Didactics in Social Education (DSE) | 35 | 58.3% |
2. Evaluation, quality and educational innovation for social cohesion (EVAL) | 23 | 22.8% |
3. Educational intervention for the social integration of people at risk of exclusion (INT) | 9 | 15.25% |
4. Management and organization of Social Education centres and institutions (DIOR) | 11 | 22.9% |
5. New Technologies and Information Management (NNTT) | 30 | 48.38% |
Total | 108 | 32.7% |
Subjects | Hashtags | Links to All Posts |
---|---|---|
1. Didactics in Social Education (DSE) | #innovUPO #didáctica | https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23innovUPO%20%23did%C3%A1ctica&src=savs |
2. Evaluation, quality and educational innovation for social cohesion (EVAL) | #innovUPO #evalcal | https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23innovUPO%20%20%23evalcal&src=savs |
3. Educational intervention for the social integration of people at risk of exclusion (INT) | #innovUPO #intervencion | https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23innovUPO%20%20%23intervencion&src=savs |
4. Management and organization of Social Education centres and institutions (DIOR) | #innovUPO #diror | https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23innovUPO%20%23diror&src=savs |
5. New Technologies and Information Management (NNTT) | #innovUPO #TICL1 | https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%23innovUPO%20%23TICL1&src=savs |
Subjects | Total Posts | Reactions to the Tweets | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Answers | Retweets | Likes | ||
1. Didactics in Social Education. | 170 | 9 | 318 | 407 |
2. Evaluation, quality and educational innovation for social cohesion. | 521 | 30 | 209 | 900 |
3. Educational intervention for the social integration of people at risk of exclusion. | 75 | 1 | 55 | 171 |
4. Management and organization of Social Education centres and institutions. | 373 | 8 | 162 | 621 |
5. New Technologies and Information Management | 174 | 14 | 256 | 419 |
TOTAL | 1313 | 62 | 1000 | 2518 |
POSTS | ANSWERS | RETWEETS | LIKES | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Average | 262.6 | 12.4 | 200 | 503.6 |
Variance | 32,644.3 | 118.3 | 9902.5 | 74,506.8 |
SD | 180.7 | 10.9 | 99.5 | 273.0 |
CV | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Median | 174 | 9 | 209 | 419 |
Quartile 1 | 170 | 8 | 162 | 407 |
Quartile 2 | 174 | 9 | 209 | 419 |
Quartile 3 | 373 | 14 | 256 | 621 |
Xmin | 75 | 1 | 55 | 171 |
Xmax | 521 | 30 | 318 | 900 |
Range | 446 | 29 | 263 | 729 |
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Torres-Barzabal, L.M.; Martínez-Gimeno, A.; Hermosilla-Rodríguez, J.M. Twitter Social Network in University Teaching. Digital Innovation Strategy for Social Responsibility. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083350
Torres-Barzabal LM, Martínez-Gimeno A, Hermosilla-Rodríguez JM. Twitter Social Network in University Teaching. Digital Innovation Strategy for Social Responsibility. Sustainability. 2020; 12(8):3350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083350
Chicago/Turabian StyleTorres-Barzabal, Luisa María, Almudena Martínez-Gimeno, and José Manuel Hermosilla-Rodríguez. 2020. "Twitter Social Network in University Teaching. Digital Innovation Strategy for Social Responsibility" Sustainability 12, no. 8: 3350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083350
APA StyleTorres-Barzabal, L. M., Martínez-Gimeno, A., & Hermosilla-Rodríguez, J. M. (2020). Twitter Social Network in University Teaching. Digital Innovation Strategy for Social Responsibility. Sustainability, 12(8), 3350. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083350