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A critical analysis of the effects of Twitter on student engagement and grades

Ibrahim Abdullah Alshaye 1 * , Zaidatun Tasir 2 , Nurul Farhana Jumaat 2
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1 General Administration of Education in Riyadh, Ministry of Education, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA2 Department of Science, Mathematics Education, and Creative Multimedia, School of Education, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, MALAYSIA* Corresponding Author
Contemporary Educational Technology, 15(3), July 2023, ep437, https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/13277
Published Online: 15 May 2023, Published: 01 July 2023
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ABSTRACT

Social media, such as Twitter, have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. In fact, social media have been widely used by students and instructors as teaching and learning tools. In response to the increasing use of Twitter in the educational field, we have collected ten studies between 2011 to 2020 in order to assess the relationship between social media, specifically Twitter, and students’ engagement and grades. We have conducted a meta-analysis to provide empirical evidence concerning the impact of Twitter on student engagement and achievement. Furthermore, we have utilized the manual approach of content analysis in order to code these articles. Overall, metadata suggests that Twitter has a stronger impact on student engagement than on grades. Nevertheless, its impact is not necessarily positive, especially on grades.
Keywords: Twitter, social media, engagement in students learning, achievement, online learning, mobile learning

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Alshaye, I. A., Tasir, Z., & Jumaat, N. F. (2023). A critical analysis of the effects of Twitter on student engagement and grades. Contemporary Educational Technology, 15(3), ep437. https://doi.org/10.30935/cedtech/13277

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