Twitter Journal Club

Curatorial note from Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Laura Gogia started Twitter Journal Club (originally #tjc15) while she was a graduate student; people agree to read an article together at a designated time period and live tweet as they go (occasionally with the author responding on Twitter). A hashtag on Twitter allows anyone to observe at any time and jump in whenever they like; they do not need to be part of the community, nor does using a hashtag make them part of the community if they do not wish to use it regularly. Discussion can be synchronous, planned or spontaneous, or asynchronous over an extended time period. Participation does not require membership in a community, but helps build a PLN, as Shelly Terrell explains (Rheingold). This artifact serves as both a model and a tutorial. See this article by Gogia and Warren in Hybrid Pedagogy for the backstory behind #TJC