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Table 2 Benefits of Twitter and blogs (n=64)

From: Taking social media to a university classroom: teaching and learning using Twitter and blogs

Benefits

% Frequency of participants

Strongly agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly disagree

Twitter

 It helped learn from friends without relying on the lecturer

52

44

44.

0

 It helped me participate in course discussion with colleagues

47

45

45

5

 Blog helped me reflect about what we covered in class

4

47

3

3

 It helped me prepare for my future work places

41

30.

30

6.3

 Blog helped me publish my essays and other course work

34

23

23

11

 It helped me communicate course reflection with colleagues

34

53

53

3

 Blog helped me share course content with colleagues

30

61.

61

3

 It helped me share video, images and audio with colleagues

20

13

13

30

Blogs

 Helped me learn from friends without relying on the lecturer

47

47

3

3

 It helped me prepare for my future work places

44

23

23

9

 It helped me communicate instantly with the lecturer

44

48

3

5

 It helped me receive immediate feedback from lecturer

42

47

3

3

 It helped me communicate instantly with colleagues

38

48

8

6.3

 It helped me discuss content with colleagues instantly

38

48

9

3

 It helped me share content with colleagues and the lecturer

36

59

3

2

 It made the lessons more interactive

33

60

5

2

 It helped me think critically before tweeting content

33

62

2

2

 It helped me receive lecture notes from a lecturer

31

64

2

3

 It helped me post urgent questions and seek answers

31

55

11

3

 Am shy so it was easier to comment online than in class

19

19

33

28