Twitter adoption, students’ perceptions, Big Five personality traits and learning outcome: Lessons learned from 3 case studies

Abstract

This study examines the relationship of the Twitter’s use with the students’ learning outcome in a series of well-organised educational activities. Three studies were conducted in the context of two academic courses. In all three studies, the students who participated in the process received a higher laboratory grade than the students who did not participate. Students’ conscientiousness and openness to experience were related to their activity in one study. However, no relationship between the students’ personality traits and their grade was unveiled. Moreover, the students’ interventions in the activities are examined, as well as the differentiation in their attitudes towards social media use in learning. The implications of the results are discussed and a comparison with other studies is presented.

Keywords:

• Twitter
• learning data analysis
• activities
• Big Five personality test
• student engagement
• attitudes towards social media use in learning