William S. Long Professor and Professor of Education Jeffrey Carpenter and his co-authors published the article in the journals “Innovative Higher Education" and "Journal of Management Education."
Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education faculty member Jeffrey Carpenter recently published two peer-reviewed research articles with collaborators from other universities. Both articles studied the use of social media platforms as part of higher education coursework.
The first article, “TikTok in Higher Education: A Learning Tool to Connect With Industry and Develop Students’ Digital Skills” involved an educational intervention in which TikTok was integrated into sport management classes at a Spanish university through active learning methodologies. Carpenter collaborated with Samuel López-Carril of the Universitat de València, Spain; Nicholas M. Watanabe, of the University of South Carolina; and Tiago Ribeiro, of the University of Lisbon on this article, which is available open access.
The second article, “Pinterest in Higher Education: Insights From a Sport Management Course” investigated sport management students’ perceptions of the learning opportunities associated with Pinterest after they had used the platform for an assignment that was designed guided by active learning and constructivist learning principles. Carpenter collaborated with Samuel López-Carril, and María Huertas González-Serrano, both of the Universitat de València, Spain, and Nicholas M. Watanabe, of the University of South Carolina, on this article.