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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Online Learning Tweets: Professor Gets Religion About Twitter in Class - Simmi Aujla, Chronicle of Higher Ed
In Canada, one religious studies professor wants more followers. Followers on Twitter, that is. Hoping to get students engaged in his introductory course on Islam, Christianity and Judaism, Steven Engler, a professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, will test students on news stories posted to the class’s Twitter account. He’s also setting up a discussion group on Tweetworks, a program that complements Twitter. Students won’t be graded on their participation in online discussions, Mr. Engler said, but three midterms will each include a question that asks students to contextualize one of the news stories
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