RT Journal Article
T1 Twitter as a Tool for Teaching and Communicating Microbiology: The #microMOOCSEM Initiative
A1 López Goñi, Ignacio
A1 Martínez Viñas, María José
A1 Antón, Josefa
A1 Cid, Victor J.
A1 Martín González, Ana
A1 Brown Jaque, Maryury
A1 García Lobo, Juan M.
A1 Sánchez, Manuel
A1 Vilchez, Juan Ignacio
A1 Robledo Mahón, Tatiana
A1 Seder Colomina, Marina
A1 Tapia Paniagua, Silvana Teresa
A1 Hernández de Rojas, Alma
A1 Mira, Alejandro
A1 Gallego Parrilla, José Jesús
A1 López Díaz, Teresa María
A1 Maicas i Prieto, Sergi
A1 Villalobo, Eduardo
A1 Quindós, Guillermo
A1 Balboa Méndez, Sabela
A1 López Romalde, Jesús
A1 Aguilar Pérez, Clara
A1 Tomás, Ana
A1 Linares, María
A1 Zaragoza, Óscar
A1 Gil Serna, Jéssica
A1 Ferrer Espada, Raquel
A1 Camacho, Ana I.
A1 Vinué Lara, Jorge
K1 Twitter
K1 Microbiology
K1 MicroMOOCSEM
AB Social networks are already being exploited forsearching, storing, and sharing knowledge, demonstratingthat they are an efficient vehicle for social learning. Consequently, they could be implemented as a competent toolfor formal learning. Twitter is among the 10 most popularonline social networks, integrating a community of over500 million users around the world. Twitter has alreadybeen used in several educational programs and evaluatedas a positive teaching experience with an outstanding potential in academic and educational environments (1–6).However, there are scarce examples available in the literature about its use in science teaching and communication.In this work, we present and analyze the application ofTwitter to create an online space for communication andlearning of basic microbiology. With this aim, a team ofprofessionals in the field has imparted, to our knowledge,the first worldwide open access microbiology course via Twitter. Here we assess the results of our experience ofusing this social network as a tool for teaching, promoting,and communicating scientific knowledge to a wide audience
PB American Society for Microbiology
SN 1935-7877
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22912
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22912
LA eng
NO López Goñi, I., Martínez Viñas, M.J., Antón, J., Cid, V.J., Martín González, A., Brown Jaque, M. et al. (2016). Twitter as a tool for teaching and communicating microbiology: The #microMOOCSEM initiative. J. Microbiol. & Biol. Educ., vol. 17, 3, 492-494
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026