The representation of engineering education as a social media topic on Twitter
Contribuinte(s) |
Lima, Rui M. de Graaff, Erik Alves, Anabela Menezes, Andromeda Mesquita, Diana Dinis-Carvalho, José Bettaieb, Lamjed van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha Costa, Nelson Sousa, Rui M. Fernandes, Sandra Villas-Boas, Valquíria |
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Data(s) |
01/01/2016
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Resumo |
Online social media systems have created new ways for individuals to communicate, share information and interact with a wide audience. For organisations, social media provide new avenues for communication and collaboration with their stakeholders. The potential value of social media tools to assist in the successful communication and marketing inside and outside of engineering organisations has been identified. In the context of engineering education, the potential of social media to open new modes of communication, interaction and experimentation between students and teachers has also been identified, and a limited number of examples can be found documented in the literature. One of the most widely-used social media tools is the ‘microblogging’ service Twitter. This research presents an analysis of nearly 19,000 tweets relating to ‘engineering education’ collected over a period of almost a year. Social network analysis is used to visualise the Twitter data. The Twitter social media communication is examined to identify who is active on this topic, who is influential, and what is the structure of the online conversations relating to engineering education. This work provides insights regarding how engineering education is currently represented in social media internationally, and offers a methodology to those interested in related future research. |
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Idioma(s) |
eng |
Publicador |
Project Approaches in Engineering Education Association |
Relação |
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30084976/palmer-representationof-2016.pdf http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30084976/palmer-representationof-evid-2016.pdf http://paee.dps.uminho.pt/past-events/PAEE2016/PAEE_ALE_2016_PROCEEDINGS.pdf#page=63 |
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2016, The Author |
Palavras-Chave | #engineering education #social media #Twitter #social network analysis |
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Conference Paper |