Hashtags & Retweets: using Twitter to aid Communication, Collaboration and Casual (Informal) Learning

During the few years I was at Manchester Metropolitan University, I actively used Twitter to support my teaching activities. Now, my outlook on using technologies like this is somewhat different to many people - I recognise that not everybody will want to use Twitter, and if you're going to get the most out of it, you have to use it because you want to use it. So I'm not one for forcing tools like this on learners.

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