The Times-News features Carpenter’s Distinguished Scholar Award lecture

Carpenter shared his research about the use of social media as a teacher education tool in the Distinguished Scholar Award lecture on Oct. 14.

The Burlington Times-News offered coverage of the recent Distinguished Scholar Award lecture by Associate Professor of Education Jeffrey Carpenter, who heads the Elon Teaching Fellows program.

Carpenter delivered the address in LaRose Digital Theatre on Oct. 14, and provided insight into his extensive research into the use of social media, Twitter in particular, as a professional development tool for teachers. Carpenter shared about how his own experience as a teacher helped contribute to his research focus, and how he honed his research interest.

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