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Using social media in teaching

This section is to support workshops for NUTELA and for visitors from Kazakhstan, Autumn 2015.

Forensic science teaching blog
Blog by a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, encouraging students to post comments and questions.
Nottingham module on Twitter
Article about a business module which uses Twitter.
OU Cisco
Twitter account supporting OU distance learning students. The project has also used Periscope.
Politics in 60 seconds
Lecturers from Nottingham University explain political concepts in 60 seconds.
Professor Simon Lancaster
Professor of Chemical Education who uses Twitter in modules.
Tumblr for journalism students
Project from Bournemouth and Sheffield universities in which students file stories.
UCL Module on Twitter
A Chemistry module on Twitter.
UEA Module on Twitter
Another Chemistry module in which lecturers and students use Twitter.
Using Twitter in university learning
Blogpost from a media academic who has used Twitter in some modules.
Victorian literature
THES report on an Eng Lit lecturer, Rosie Miles, using Twitter to connect with Victorian writers.

Other uses of social media in higher education.

The above guide was created by Helen Anderson, from the Library.

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