Embed Twitter Widget Into Moodle
We’ve seen an increasing number of staff using Twitter with their students for Teaching & Learning, for example #COG2YSJ, #1QTSE14A, #1QTSE15A, #1QTSM1, #1QTM40, #MPGC01 & @2ST050.
If you are using Twitter for Teaching, Learning or Assessment, then you may want to embed a Twitter Widget into your Moodle course, so that students who aren’t using Twitter can see what is happening.
Embedding Twitter into your Moodle course involves two steps:
- Create the Twitter widget
- Paste the code for your widget into Moodle
This short screencast will talk you through the process, and you can find a PDF version of the instructions below:
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Below are some examples of how Twitter can be used in conjunction with the 3E element of the TEL Quality Framework:
EnhanceAdopting technology in simple and effective ways to actively |
ExtendFurther use of technology that facilitates key aspects of students’ |
EmpowerDeveloped use of technology that requires higher order individual |
| Tweet links to articles, reading lists, presentations, lecture recordings, people to follow, and other materials. | Provide hashtag to facilitate ongoing module backchannel (#MOD101), arrange ‘Talk to an Expert’ Twitter sessions, encourage reflections, research & formative evaluation, and share own learning. | Encourage students to share own learning. Allow students to plan, create, and facilitate a scheduled Twitter chat, or ‘Journal Club’ (where staff & students meet online in Twitter to discuss a journal article they all read beforehand!). |
What kind of Twitter Widget would you embed into your Moodle course? Timeline? Favourites? List? Search?
Phil
