Putting twitter to the test: Assessing outcomes for student collaboration, engagement and success

By Reynol Junco, Michael Elavsky, Greg Heiberger. British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013

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Online learning in higher education: exploring advantages and disadvantages for engagement (2018, background): “A few studies have suggested that technology can have positive effects on student engagement (Chen et al. 2010; Henrie et al. 2015; Hu and Kuh 2001; Junco et al. 2013; Nelson Laird et al. 2005; Robinson and Hullinger 2008) and time spent in cocurricular activities (Junco 2012).”
Students’ Perceptions and Experiences of Social Media in Higher Education (2015, background): “Kaplan et al. (2010) demonstrate through qualitative and quantitative measures that a blogging project can lead to a range of positive outcomes in the classroom for students, including facilitating their effective application of marketing theory to practice, enhancing an interdisciplinary focus, and”
How and Why Educators Use Twitter: A Survey of the Field (2014, background): “Although Twitter can sometimes increase peer-to-peer interactions, several researchers found it did not inevitably do so (e.g., Chen & Chen, 2012; Junco, Elavsky, & Heiberger, 2012); educators may have to either directly or indirectly encourage such interactions.”