Discussion about cardiac arrest on Twitter is common and represents a new opportunity to provide lifesaving information to the public, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The Penn investigators presented two studies examining cardiac arrest-information exchange on the social media site recently at the American Heart Association's annual Scientific Sessions.
How many other courses are being taught tweet by tweet on Twitter, and are these courses free or are organizers of the seminars or online courses charging tuition? See, Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary shake-up | Education. Also see the sites, Courses Taught | Evrim Baran's Web Home, Top Online Colleges on Twitter - Follow Online Colleges and Practical Advice for Teaching with Twitter. Some writers offer the equivalent of courses, for example, many writers have written thousands of online articles on one subject and have tweeted the location and title of each article.
One example, might be my more than 2,200 tweets, each one about a topic in a specific category such as nutrition, media & culture, women's issues, or health-related reseach trends and topics to explore. Other writers actually offer seminars, podcasts, or classes online by tweeting the website links to the article, blog, video, or podcast as part of the course. It's a great way to combine social media with teaching, especially for freelance teachers of various subjects.
And Twitter also is about links to learning about subjects or topics you always wanted to understand more clearly or find information and links to further research. Perhaps tweets can lead to more free education, like a global public library. Some software can even translate languages so you can learn more about what informs you. Of course, the other side of the coin is learning through entertainment such as anthropology or history through fiction or factual information through interactive links.
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