#EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide

Author:

López-Goñi I1,Giner-Lamia J23,Álvarez-Ordoñez A4,Benitez-Páez Alfonso5,Claessen D6,Cortesao M7,de Toro M8,García-Ruano D9,Granato E T10,Kovács Á T11,Romalde J L12,Sana T G13,Sánchez-Angulo M14,Sangari F J15,Smits W K16,Sturm T17,Thomassin J L18,Valdehuesa K N G19ORCID,Zapotoczna M20

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Navarra, E-31080 Pamplona, Spain

2. Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas (CBGP, UPM-INIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Campus Montegancedo-UPM, E-28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid,Spain

3. Departamento de Biotecnología-Biología Vegetal, ETSIAAB, UPM, Ciudad Universitaria, E-28040 Madrid, Spain

4. Departamento de Higiene y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Universidad de León, E-24071 León, Spain

5. Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology IATA-CSIC. C/Catedràtic Agustín Escardino Benlloch, 7, E-46980 Paterna-Valencia, Spain

6. Intitute of Biology, Leiden University, NL-2333 Leiden, the Netherlands

7. German Aerospace Center (DLR), D-51147 Cologne, Germany

8. Fundacion Rioja Salud, E-26006 Logroño, Spain

9. Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics, USAL–CSIC, University of Salamanca, E-37002 Salamanca, Spain

10. Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, OX1 3SZ Oxford, United Kingdom

11. DTU Bioengineering, Bacterial Interactions and Evolution group,1 Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

12. Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, CIBUS-Facultad de Biología, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain

13. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA

14. Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Microbiología, University of Miguel Hernández, E-03202 Elche, Spain

15. Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC) CSIC-University of Cantabria and Department of Molecular Biology, University of Cantabria, E-39011 Santander, Spain

16. Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, NL-2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands

17. Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA 95003, USA

18. Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr. Roux, Paris F-75724 France

19. Department of Energy Science and Technology, Myongji University, 03674 South Korea

20. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224 Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

ABSTRACT Twitter is one of the most popular social media networks that, in recent years, has been increasingly used by researchers as a platform to share science and discuss ongoing work. Despite its popularity, Twitter is not commonly used as a medium to teach science. Here, we summarize the results of #EUROmicroMOOC: the first worldwide Microbiology Massive Open Online Course taught in English using Twitter. Content analytics indicated that more than 3 million users saw posts with the hashtag #EUROmicroMOOC, which resulted in over 42 million Twitter impressions worldwide. These analyses demonstrate that free Microbiology MOOCs shared on Twitter are valuable educational tools that reach broad audiences throughout the world. We also describe our experience teaching an entire Microbiology course using Twitter and provide recommendations when using social media to communicate science to a broad audience.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Genetics,Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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