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 | |
 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 |