Social networks as a tool for science communication and public engagement: focus on Twitter
Open Access
- 20 November 2017
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 365 (2)
Abstract
Social networks have been used to teach and engage people about the importance of science. The integration of social networks in the daily routines of Faculty and Scientists is strongly recommended to increase their personal brand, improve their skills, enhance their visibility, share and communicate science to society, promote scientific culture, and even as a tool for teaching and learning. Here we review the use of Twitter in Science and comment our previous experience on using this social network as a platform for a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) in Spain and Latin America. We propose to extend this strategy to a pan-European Microbiology MOOC in the near future.Keywords
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