Description

Microblogging is the Web2.0 technology with one of the most important impact in education in the last couple of years. On a microblogging platform, the users can send and receive messages via the web, SMS, instant messaging clients, and by third party applications. The most known platform is Twitter.
The authors introduce a Romanian microblogging platform especially designed for education, called Cirip, trying to provide arguments for using this microblogging platforms in education, underlining both the advantages and (possible) bad points. Some concrete examples are presented, in which the platform is used for delivering entire online courses, for courses enhancement, for communities of practice, and as an eportfolio.