The representation of engineering education as a social media topic on Twitter Palmer, Stuart 2016, The representation of engineering education as a social media topic on Twitter, in PAEE/ALE 2016 : Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education and 14th Active Learning in Engineering Education Combined Conference and Workshop, Project Approaches in Engineering Education Association, Guimarães, Portugal, pp. 37-44. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads palmer-representationof-2016.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.42MB 117 Title The representation of engineering education as a social media topic on Twitter Author(s) Palmer, Stuart orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-0597 Conference name Project Approaches in Engineering Education and Active Learning in Engineering Education. Combined Conference and Workshop (2016 : Guimarães, Portugal) Conference location Guimarães, Portugal Conference dates 6-8 Jul. 2016 Title of proceedings PAEE/ALE 2016 : Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Project Approaches in Engineering Education and 14th Active Learning in Engineering Education Combined Conference and Workshop Editor(s) Lima, Rui M. de Graaff, Erik Alves, Anabela Menezes, Andromeda Mesquita, Diana Dinis-Carvalho, José Bettaieb, Lamjed van Hattum-Janssen, Natascha Costa, Nelson Sousa, Rui M. Fernandes, Sandra Villas-Boas, Valquíria Publication date 2016 Start page 37 End page 44 Total pages 8 Publisher Project Approaches in Engineering Education Association Place of publication Guimarães, Portugal Keyword(s) engineering education social media Twitter social network analysis Summary Online social media systems have created new ways for individuals to communicate, share information and interact with a wide audience. For organisations, social media provide new avenues for communication and collaboration with their stakeholders. The potential value of social media tools to assist in the successful communication and marketing inside and outside of engineering organisations has been identified. In the context of engineering education, the potential of social media to open new modes of communication, interaction and experimentation between students and teachers has also been identified, and a limited number of examples can be found documented in the literature. One of the most widely-used social media tools is the ‘microblogging’ service Twitter. This research presents an analysis of nearly 19,000 tweets relating to ‘engineering education’ collected over a period of almost a year. Social network analysis is used to visualise the Twitter data. The Twitter social media communication is examined to identify who is active on this topic, who is influential, and what is the structure of the online conversations relating to engineering education. This work provides insights regarding how engineering education is currently represented in social media internationally, and offers a methodology to those interested in related future research. ISBN 9789892068299 ISSN 2183-1378 Language eng Field of Research 091503 Engineering Practice 080709 Social and Community Informatics Socio Economic Objective 930502 Management of Education and Training Systems HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed ERA Research output type E Conference publication Copyright notice ©2016, The Author Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084976 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 22:04:46 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 22:06:05 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2016, 05:01:45 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2016, 08:14:23 EST Tue, 19 Jul 2016, 08:18:03 EST Wed, 12 Oct 2016, 05:10:23 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:01:13 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:03:26 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:04:02 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:05:39 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:06:17 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:07:29 EST Tue, 25 Oct 2016, 11:08:01 EST Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 08:32:58 EST Fri, 28 Oct 2016, 08:33:30 EST Sat, 15 Jul 2017, 02:33:38 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 12:39:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 880 Abstract Views, 120 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 22:06:05 EST

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