Twitter and Wordclouds; Part 1, process

Brian McGowan

Twitter and Wordclouds; Part 1, process

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

How do you know what students are learning in class from day to day?This poster describes part 1 of a process designed to effectively communicate what students felt they had learned during a classroom session. I did this to try and go beyond traditional methods of evaluation and really focus on what they felt they had learned. So, I asked students in my class to reflect on what we had done that morning with reference to our intended learning outcomes and record their thoughts on bespoke evaluation cards. The data generated by these were converted to a word cloud using NVivo that enabled the “big ideas” to be seen. The word cloud was tweeted to the students using a unique hashtag, (#pgcne16 and #pgcne16s2).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Unknown Host Publication
Publisher	Ulster University
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 8 May 2017
Event	Faculty of Life and Health Sciences. Facilitating Learning through Innovation in Assessment - Loughview Suite, Jordanstown, BT37 0QB Duration: 8 May 2017 → …

Conference

Conference	Faculty of Life and Health Sciences. Facilitating Learning through Innovation in Assessment
Period	8/05/17 → …

Keywords

Twitter
feedback
wordcloud
NVivo

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1 Conference contribution

Creatively facilitating reflection and learning using word clouds and social media: Evaluating the usefulness of Twitter
McGowan, B., 29 May 2019, ALTNI Annual Event 2019.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Twitter and Wordclouds; Part 1, process

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Creatively facilitating reflection and learning using word clouds and social media: Evaluating the usefulness of Twitter

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