Using Twitter for Professional Purposes (1 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

After the instructor has accepted the enrollment, the students may sent their completed learning task to the instructor any time during the academic year, preferably three weeks before the desired registration of the grade.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

The student may present their existing Twitter profile and their previous tweets where applicable, with possible modifications.

Materials

Internet sources
Other sources

Teaching methods and instruction

Independent learning task. There is no tuition, and the learning task may be completed any time during the academic year. See the instructions below.

Working life connections

It is recommended that the student gather feedback from peers in the business community before submitting the task to the instructor.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

After the instructor has accepted the enrollment, the students may sent their completed learning task to the instructor any time during the academic year, preferably three weeks before the desired registration of the grade.

Internationality

The language of the profile and of the tweets is English and the profile and the tweets must be made for an international audience.

Completion alternatives

The student may present their existing Twitter profile and their previous tweets where applicable, with possible modifications.

Learning assignments

Connect with people, express yourself and discover what’s happening.
Twitter for business
Businesses use Twitter to share information about their services, gather real-time market intelligence, and build relationships with customers, partners and influencers.
Twitter for media
Bring the power of Twitter to TV, music, sports, entertainment and news. We help media organizations engage with audiences more directly on Twitter.
Twitter for developers
We want developers to have the best tools to create engaging Twitter interactions for users, wherever and however people experience Twitter or Tweets.
Study the various sources about how to create a useful professional Twitter profile and how to use Twitter effectively for professional purposes in your own career.
Build a useful professional Twitter profile for yourself.
Use and update your existing Twitter profile if applicable or create a new profile.
Write ten professionally useful and meaningful tweets from the viewpoint of your own career.
Use links to professionally useful content.
Use hashtags wisely.
Include images in two or more tweets.
Retweet ten professionally useful and meaningful tweets.
Engage in one discussion with another tweeter or other tweeters.
Gather feedback about your profile from your peers to improve it before submitting your work to the instructor.
Send a notification of your completed task to the instructor by email as follows:
From your official school email with your real name.
To jaana.pylvanen@haaga-helia.fi.
Write mytwitter in the subject field. Otherwise your email will not be received.
Include a link to your Twitter profile.
Include a brief text of how you assess your own work using the three criteria in the assessment matrix below.
Mention your degree programme in your email.
Remember to include your student number in your email.
Answer the possible questions that the instructor may ask you by email.

Assessment methods

Twitter profile and tweets 100%