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This systematic literature review applies cultural affordance as a guiding lens and identifies three affordances: agency, openness, and networked scholarship. 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However, while researchers have studied the experiences of academics, little work has been done to understand the role of culture in these experiences, and on Twitter as a cultural artefact in the higher education space. This systematic literature review examines how Twitter is used as a space for professional development among higher education academics through the lens of cultural affordance. Using thematic analysis three cultural affordances of Twitter emerged: agency, openness, and networked scholarship. However, these affordances are not ubiquitous nor is their cross-cultural nor cross-domain generalisability determined by this study as it focuses only on research in higher education. These findings therefore point to the need for further research on cultural affordances of Twitter when it is used across different cultural contexts and professional settings. From a practice standpoint the study points to the need to carefully develop tailored policies and practices that are cognizant of cultural factors and sensitive to cultural affordances of platforms to guide professional development activities relevant to higher education academics.  \nKeywords: Twitter, Professional Development, Culture, Cultural Affordance, Higher Education  \nIntroduction  \nThe affordances with which human beings engage are cultural affordances’  \n(Ramstead, Veissière & Kirmayer, 2016)  \nProfessional development is becoming increasingly important in higher education. However, though professional development is critical to career progression ( Heffernan & Heffernan, 2019) it is often not adequately provided (Summers, 2017) or provided effectively (Ödalen, Brommesson, Erlingsson, Schaffer & Fogelgren, 2019) . Traditionally, professional development is conducted as time-bound activities such as training courses, workshops and seminars (Ross, Maninger, LaPrairie & Sullivan, 2015) . Carpenter and Krutka (2015) remarked top down professional development might lead to educators implementing the ideas of others and not develop bottom-up grassroots ideas. An argument has been made for more praxis-oriented professional development which allow educators to continuously engage each other through action and reflection (Reich, Levinson & Johnston, 2011) since it is believed to be more beneficial for participants (King, 2011) . Social networks and social media, it is argued, provide an alternative space for praxis-oriented, bottom up continuous professional development (Bali & Caines, 2018; Bruguera, Guitert & Romeu, 2019; Carpenter & Krutka, 2015; Krutka & Carpenter, 2016) .  \nSocial Networks and in particular Twitter have been adopted by higher education academics (Lupton, 2014; Velestianos, 2017) to support many aspects of academic work such as professional development and networking, information sharing and learning, teaching, communication, attendance of conferences, and building communities of practice (Malik, Heyman-Schrum & Johri, 2019) . Twitter in particular affords  \nits users the possibility of action through its various features (see Emke, 2019; Powers, 2013) . Twitter provides a space where connections can be made to other users from across the globe and from different cultural and academic contexts if users are desirous of exploring connections and networking (Carpenter & Harvey, 2019; Lupton, 2014; Veletsianos, 2016; Veletsianos, 2017; Veletsianos & Shaw, 2018) . Notwithstanding these positive effects, Twitter’s use is not unproblematic for academics (Au & Lam, 2015; Jordan & Weller, 2018; Lupton, 2014; Stewart, 2016) as several studies have identified a range of issues that affect adoption. These include temporary disengagement because of heavy workload and not enough time to p","cbCaihCA6k6MLeki","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihCA6k6MLeki","pdf",454396,17,"English","# Abstract\n# Keywords\n# Introduction\n## Professional development in higher education\n## Social networks and Twitter adoption\n## Challenges and cultural influences\n## Context collapse and participation risks","[{\"question\":\"What does the systematic review examine about Twitter in higher education?\",\"answer\":\"It examines how Twitter is used as a space for professional development among higher education academics through the lens of cultural affordance.\"},{\"question\":\"Which cultural affordances of Twitter are identified in the review?\",\"answer\":\"The review reports three cultural affordances: agency, openness, and networked scholarship.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the review call for further research?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that the current findings are not determined as universally applicable across cultures or domains and focus only on research within higher education.\"}]","Cultural Affordances of Twitter in Higher Education Professional Development - A Literature Review | PDF",1792076201,43]