Strategies, use, and impact of social media for supporting teacher community within professional development: The case of one urban STEM program
project: social media in the MAET program
co-author(s): Josh Rosenberg | Leigh Graves Wolf | Matt Koehler |
journal: Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
research topics: teacher professional learning | social media | Twitter | teacher-focused Twitter hashtags |
research methods: digital methods | Twitter API | descriptive statistics | network analysis |
abstract:
This paper examines the use of social media to foster community connections within the MSU Urban Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program. We describe the strategies employed by the program and the technologies employed by instructors to provide support, build community, and showcase learning. We highlight three particular tools used to foster community within the program: Facebook, websites and blogs, and Twitter and then use trace data from Twitter to demonstrate how social media fostered community within the program. We conclude with a description of implications for how social media is used to support community for future research and practice.
citation:
Rosenberg, J. M., Greenhalgh, S. P., Wolf, L. G., & Koehler, M. J. (2017). Strategies, use, and impact of social media for supporting teacher community within professional development: The case of one urban STEM program. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 36(3), 255-267.