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Tübingen (dpa / lsw) - Education policy could use social media platforms such as Twitter to get an impression of pressing problems in real time.

This is the result of scientists from the Hector Institute for Empirical Educational Research at the University of Tübingen, the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media Tübingen and the Institute for Educational Science at the University of Tübingen.

The study was recently published in the Journal of Educational Science, according to a statement on Thursday.

It turned out that the topics before and during the school closings differed little. "It can be assumed that the digitally supported teaching in Germany before the corona pandemic was previously mainly left to those media enthusiasts who, for example, had familiarized themselves with the topic out of personal conviction," says the study. During the school closings, however, the number of tweets increased and the topic moved even more into focus.

During school closings, the study analyzed the content of those tweets that generated the greatest response.

The three most pressing challenges named were the design of good digital lessons, the lack of software for digital teaching and learning, and insufficient digital know-how.

"This can be interpreted as an indication of the great need for materials, software as well as tips and explanations for use and implementation in digital teaching," explains Tim Fütterer, first author of the study.

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For example, a tweet introducing a free geography app was the most shared.

The high workload caused by the switch to distance learning and the lack of software were discussed the most.

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