Bookmarked Academics and Twitter: the good, the bad and how to survive out there (aare.edu.au)

Twitter is the social media of choice for many academics. At least one in forty academics in an institution is on twitter, contributing to the 4.2 million tweets about education every day. If you are involved in education in any way it is probably a good idea to get on there and see what is happenin…

Amanda Heffernan and Rachel Buchanan discuss the benefits and considerations associated with Twitter. It is interesting to read this alongside the interview with Stewart Riddle on the TER podcast, as well as Sherri Spelic’s discussion of Twitter rage.