Moreover, Twitter has the potential to enhance students’ learning capabilities as well as improve their motivation and engagement due to its unique features and non-traditional teaching approach. Students, teachers, and other stakeholders use it as a pedagogical tool to gain information, interact and engage with each other, participate in their respective communities of interests, and share their insights about specific topics. Analysis of these studies signals Twitter as a useful tool for communication due to high accessibility, novelty, and real-time format. The majority of the studies reported in the literature are descriptive case studies carried out with students in North American and European higher education settings. In this article, we present findings from a review of 103 peer-reviewed scientific studies published over the last decade (2007–2017) that address the use of Twitter for educational purposes across formal and informal settings. Subsequently, the body of research on this topic is vibrant and growing. The use of social media across the educational landscape is on the rise.
