%0 Journal Article %T #EUROmicroMOOC: using Twitter to share trends in Microbiology worldwide %+ Universidad de Navarra [Pamplona] (UNAV) %+ Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) %+ Universidad de León [León] %+ Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos - Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology [Valencia] (IATA-CSIC) %+ Universiteit Leiden = Leiden University %+ Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt [Köln] (DLR) %+ Fundacion Rioja Salud %+ Universidad de Salamanca %+ University of Oxford %+ Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark (DTU) %+ Universidade de Santiago de Compostela [Spain] (USC ) %+ Stanford University %+ Universidad Miguel Hernández [Elche] (UMH) %+ Universidad de Cantabria [Santander] %+ Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) %+ Cabrillo College %+ Biochimie des Interactions Macromoléculaires / Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions %+ Myongji University %+ Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) %A López-Goñi, I %A Giner-Lamia, J %A Álvarez-Ordoñez, A %A Benitez-Páez, Alfonso %A Claessen, D. %A Cortesao, M %A De toro, M %A García-Ruano, D %A Granato, E, T %A Kovács, A. T. %A Romalde, J, L %A Sana, T, G %A Sánchez-Angulo, M %A Sangari, F, J %A Smits, W, K %A Sturm, T %A Thomassin, J., L %A Valdehuesa, K, N G %A Zapotoczna, M %Z J.L.T. is supported by an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship and a Pasteur–Roux fellowship. %Z COMMENTARY – Professional Development %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0378-1097 %J FEMS Microbiology Letters %I Wiley-Blackwell %V 366 %N 11 %P fnz141 %8 2019-06-01 %D 2019 %R 10.1093/femsle/fnz141 %M 31253991 %K social networks %K Twitter %K science communication %K open access %K MOOC %Z Life Sciences [q-bio] %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and ParasitologyJournal articles %X Twitter is one of the most popular social media networks that, in recent years, has been increasingly used by researchers as a platform to share science and discuss ongoing work. Despite its popularity, Twitter is not commonly used as a medium to teach science. Here, we summarize the results of #EUROmicroMOOC: the first worldwide Microbiology Massive Open Online Course taught in English using Twitter. Content analytics indicated that more than 3 million users saw posts with the hashtag #EUROmicroMOOC, which resulted in over 42 million Twitter impressions worldwide. These analyses demonstrate that free Microbiology MOOCs shared on Twitter are valuable educational tools that reach broad audiences throughout the world. We also describe our experience teaching an entire Microbiology course using Twitter and provide recommendations when using social media to communicate science to a broad audience. %G English %L pasteur-02566990 %U https://pasteur.hal.science/pasteur-02566990 %~ PASTEUR %~ CNRS