Twitter in Higher Education . . . a report

This just in from Faculty Focus . . . they have just released the results of their survey of about 2,000 higher education professionals regarding their use of Twitter. Twitter, as you know, is the suddenly ubiquitous "mini-blogging" tool used by millions to keep their "followers" updated on their latest news.

The 20-page report reveals some interesting statistics, such as

• Nearly one-third (30.7 percent) of the respondents say they use Twitter in some capacity.
  
  
• More than half, (56.4 percent) say they’ve never used Twitter.
  
  
• 71.8 percent of current Twitterers expect their usage to increase this school year.
  
  
• 20.6 percent of current non-Twitter users say there is a “50/50 chance” they will use Twitter as a learning tool in the classroom in the next two years.
  
  
• 12.9 percent of respondents say they tried Twitter, but stopped using it because it took too much time, they did not find it valuable, or a combination of reasons.

If you are curious about using Twitter as one of the tools in your toolbox, or perhaps confirm your suspicion that you don't want it in your toolboxyou'll want to take a look at this report.

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Twitter in Higher Education: Usage Habits and Trends of Today's College Faculty