The benefits of online networking for early career teachers : Teacher experiences and perceptions of using Twitter

Book chapter

Lee, David, Tanti, Miriam Helen Maks and Mercieca, Bernadette. (2023). The benefits of online networking for early career teachers : Teacher experiences and perceptions of using Twitter. In In Meletiadou, Eleni (Ed.). Handbook of research on redesigning teaching, learning, and assessment in the digital era pp. 144-161 IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8292-6.ch008
AuthorsLee, David, Tanti, Miriam Helen Maks and Mercieca, Bernadette
EditorsMeletiadou, Eleni
Abstract

There has been wide academic and research interest in the application of social media as instructional and communication tools in contemporary educational settings. Hence, it has been unsurprising to see the increased use of the social media application Twitter integrated into education. Despite this, it is evident that there are still too few educators in initial teacher education (ITE) who scaffold its introduction to their pre-service teachers in their courses and few early career teachers who use it. Whilst the use of a specific, local hashtag for this purpose has been explored in other studies, this research goes further in considering the online community for pre-service and early career teachers that is created as a social learning space using hashtags and evaluating it with a value creation framework. Results show these teachers moved through the stages of the framework and achieved realized value in their professional lives.

Keywordssocial media ; education ; Twitter; pre-service teachers; early career teachers
Page range144-161
Year2023
Book titleHandbook of research on redesigning teaching, learning, and assessment in the digital era
PublisherIGI Global
Place of publicationHershey, Pennsylvania
SeriesAdvances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design (AETID)
ISBN9781668482926
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-8292-6.ch008
Scopus EID2-s2.0-85162684769
Publisher's version
License
All rights reserved
File Access Level
Controlled
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online15 May 2023
Print2023
Publication process dates
Deposited24 Mar 2025
Additional information

Copyright © 2023 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.

Permalink -

https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90q87/the-benefits-of-online-networking-for-early-career-teachers-teacher-experiences-and-perceptions-of-using-twitter

Log in to edit

Restricted files

Publisher's version

  • 6
    total views
  • 1
    total downloads
  • 5
    views this month
  • 0
    downloads this month
These values are for the period from 19th October 2020, when this repository was created.

Export as

Related outputs

Learning to teach with simulation : historical insights
Ledger, Susan, Mailizar, Mailizar, Gregory, Sue, Tanti, Miriam Helen Maks, Gibson, David and Kruse, Stacy. (2024). Learning to teach with simulation : historical insights. Journal of Computers in Education. pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40692-024-00313-2
The Hub System : An Effective Work-Integrated Learning Partnership
Monteleone, Chrissoula, Barrington, Therese Mary, Tanti, Miriam Helen Maks, Wong, Monica May Dze, Giamboi, Carmela and Weaver, Meredith. (2023). The Hub System : An Effective Work-Integrated Learning Partnership. In Work-Integrated Learning Case Studies in Teacher Education - Epistemic Reflexivity pp. 261-272 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6532-6_21
Practicum Experiences in Special Schools : A Case Study
Wong, Monica May Dze, Monteleone, Chrissoula, Tanti, Miriam Helen Maks and Lorusso, Kelly-Mariee. (2023). Practicum Experiences in Special Schools : A Case Study. In Work-Integrated Learning Case Studies in Teacher Education - Epistemic Reflexivity pp. 249-260 Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6532-6_20
Developing profession ready teacher education graduates through school-university partnerships : An Australian study
Tanti, Miriam, Monteleone, Chrissy and Wong, Monica. (2023). Developing profession ready teacher education graduates through school-university partnerships : An Australian study. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 51(4), pp. 344-361. https://doi.org/10.1080/1359866X.2023.2227842
Relationships : A study of pre-service teachers’ interpretations of the relationships formed with supervising teachers in professional experience
Lee, David. (2019). Relationships : A study of pre-service teachers’ interpretations of the relationships formed with supervising teachers in professional experience [Prof Doc Thesis]. Australian Catholic University School of Education https://doi.org/10.26199/acu.8vyqy
A case-control study of risk factors for death from 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1): Is American Indian racial status an independent risk factor?
Hennessy, T. W., Bruden, D., Castrodale, L., Komatsu, K., Erhart, L. M., Thompson, David, Bradley, K., O'Leary, D. R., McLaughlin, J., Landen, M., Bentley, Steve, Keck, James, Kitka, Sassa, Thompson, Gail, Fearey, Donna, Redwood, Diana, Craig, Jessica, Provost, Ellen, Robinson, Keisha, ... Miller, Tracy. (2016). A case-control study of risk factors for death from 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1): Is American Indian racial status an independent risk factor? Epidemiology and Infection. 144(2), pp. 315 - 324. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815001211
Literacy education in the Digital Age: Using blogging to teach writing
Tanti, Miriam. (2012). Literacy education in the Digital Age: Using blogging to teach writing. Teaching English with Technology. 12(2), pp. 132 - 146.
Prospective guidance in a free-swimming cell
Delafield-Butt, Jonathan, Pepping, Gert-Jan, McCaig, Colin and Lee, David. (2012). Prospective guidance in a free-swimming cell. Biological Cybernetics. 106(4-5), pp. 283 - 293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-012-0495-5
Step up into teaching: Increasing the engagement and academic self-efficacy of school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds
Tanti, Miriam and Labone, Elizabeth. (2011). Step up into teaching: Increasing the engagement and academic self-efficacy of school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Journal of Catholic School Studies (print version). 83(1), pp. 64 - 73.
An evaluation of hospital hand hygiene practice and glove use in Hong Kong
Chau, J., Thompson, David R., Twinn, S., Lee, D. and Pang, S. W.. (2011). An evaluation of hospital hand hygiene practice and glove use in Hong Kong. Journal of Clinical Nursing (print version). 20(2016-10-09), pp. 1319 - 1328. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03586.x
Incidence and risk factors of oral mucositis in paediatric and adolescent patients undergoing chemotherapy
Cheng, K., Lee, V., Li, C., Goggins, W., Thompson, David R. and Yuen, H.. (2011). Incidence and risk factors of oral mucositis in paediatric and adolescent patients undergoing chemotherapy. Oral Oncology. 47(3), pp. 156 - 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.11.019
Psychometric properties of the chinese version of the european heart failure self-care behaviour scale
Yu, D., Lee, D., Thompson, David R., Jaarsma, T., Woo, J. and Leung, E.. (2011). Psychometric properties of the chinese version of the european heart failure self-care behaviour scale. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 48(4), pp. 458 - 467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2010.08.011
One-to-one computing: Considerations and issues for the Higher Education sector
Tanti, Miriam and Cameron, Leanne. (2011). One-to-one computing: Considerations and issues for the Higher Education sector. In G. Williams, P. Statham and N. Brown (Ed.). Proceedings of Ascilite 2011: Changing demands, changing directions. Australia: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE). pp. 1215 - 1220
Students as learning designers: Using social media to scaffold the experience
Cameron, Leanne and Tanti, Miriam. (2011). Students as learning designers: Using social media to scaffold the experience. E-learning Papers. 27, pp. 1 - 6.
MUVEing slowly :applying slow pedagogy to a scenario-based virtual environment
Tanti, Miriam and Kennedy-Clark, Shannon. (2010). MUVEing slowly :applying slow pedagogy to a scenario-based virtual environment. In C. Steel, M. Keppell and P. Gerbic (Ed.). Proceedings of the Ascilite Sydney 2010 conference: curriculum, technology and transformation for an unknown future. Australia: University of Queensland Press. pp. 963 - 967
Step Up into Teaching :an ICT rich, transition program aimed to increase engagement and academic self-efficacy of school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds
Tanti, Miriam and Labone, Elizabeth. (2010). Step Up into Teaching :an ICT rich, transition program aimed to increase engagement and academic self-efficacy of school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. In S. Howard (Ed.). AARE 2010 Conference Proceedings. Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education. pp. 1 - 14
ICT rich education :let's fast track the slow times
Tanti, Miriam. (2010). ICT rich education :let's fast track the slow times. In J. Herrington and B. Hunter (Ed.). Proceedings of the Ed-Media 2010 world conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications. USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in E.... pp. 1 - 6
Warts and all: Integrating ICT in teacher training
Tanti, Miriam and Moran, Wendy. (2009). Warts and all: Integrating ICT in teacher training. The International Journal of Learning. 16(8), pp. 641 - 655.
Transforming learning using ICT :A time to move away from integration models
Matejka, Des and Tanti, Miriam Helen. (2008). Transforming learning using ICT :A time to move away from integration models. In Joseph Luca and Edgar R. Weippl (Ed.). Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2008. Chesapeake, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. pp. 3079 - 3084