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Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter... She collaborated with the UT Dallas, Arts and Technology - Emerging Media and Communications (EMAC) http://www.emac.utdallas.edu faculty and as a Graduate student in EMAC I assisted her in her experiment.

"This ECAR research bulletin discusses the use of student-developed social contracts to support a vital online community of inquiry. In blended classes-which combine co-present and web-mediated interaction-contracts that address both settings are particularly effective. This bulletin provides examples of successful student social contracts and describes students' views on the impact of the social contract on their learning."