Journal article
#EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide
University of Navarra1
Section for Microbial and Chemical Ecology, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark2
Bacterial Interactions and Evolution, Section for Microbial and Chemical Ecology, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark3
Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark4
University of Santiago de Compostela5
Stanford University6
Miguel Hernández University7
Universidad Pablo de Olavide8
Cabrillo College9
Institut Pasteur Paris10
Myongji University11
Technical University of Madrid12
Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences13
University of Leon14
CSIC15
Leiden University16
German Aerospace Center17
Fundacion Rioja Salud18
Universidad de Salamanca19
University of Oxford20
...and 10 moreTwitter is one of the most popular social media networks that, in recent years, has been increasingly used by researchers as a platform to share science and discuss ongoing work. Despite its popularity, Twitter is not commonly used as a medium to teach science. Here, we summarize the results of #EUROmicroMOOC: the first worldwide Microbiology Massive Open Online Course taught in English using Twitter.
Content analytics indicated that more than 3 million users saw posts with the hashtag #EUROmicroMOOC, which resulted in over 42 million Twitter impressions worldwide. These analyses demonstrate that free Microbiology MOOCs shared on Twitter are valuable educational tools that reach broad audiences throughout the world.
We also describe our experience teaching an entire Microbiology course using Twitter and provide recommendations when using social media to communicate science to a broad audience.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2019 |
| ISSN: | 15746968 and 03781097 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1093/femsle/fnz141 |
| ORCIDs: | Kovács, ÁT and 0000-0002-4472-548X |
