A blog post about the use of Twitter in MOOCs #mscedc https://t.co/pW04ai0mHF
— Chenée Psaros (@Cheneehey) February 24, 2017
I found this blog post through Renée Furner because I was really struggling to find any participant engagement outside of the MOOC I am doing. I eventually found the paper the blog is based on . It made me wonder why Twitter isn’t being used more in MOOCs since I’m finding it increasingly useful to engage with the MSCEDC community.
From this tweet I had and interesting conversation with Philip Downey about this very topic.
Twitter is restrictive when trying to convey meaning so we moved our conversation into direct messaging and outside of the public sphere.
When I consider that it has taken about six weeks for me to connect with, and feel like I’m part of a community, I realise why Twitter may not be useful for connecting in MOOCs. It takes time to build relationships and see how we might be able to interact with others both within and out of an educational context. I suspect interaction on Twitter might not be successful because MOOCs simply don’t run long enough to build those relationships.
Great point, Chenée, about how it takes time to connect and build relationships within communities. I hadn’t considered this before – thanks for the insight!