From l&t to research
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The document outlines how ebooks and Twitter can be used for teaching and learning (T&L) purposes and then extended to research. It discusses creating an ebook in PDF format or using iBooks authoring software. Twitter is suggested as a way for students and instructors to communicate using hashtags and to follow relevant discussions. Combining Twitter with blogging is presented as a way to publicize projects and engage with interest groups using popular hashtags.
From l&t to research
- 2. Agenda Intro to ebooks for T&L From T&L to research: eBooks Intro to Twitter for T&L From T&L to research: Twitter Some reading
- 3. eBooks Are digital documents that may or may not be printable They are distributed by the network They are read on networked devices (computer, tablet, smart phone) A good way to make a ‘textbook’
- 4. Textbooks? An alternative to lecture material Can be easily repurposed into the lecture A codified, centralised resource for students Which presents the ‘narrative’ of the course And: You are also codifying your own knowledge
- 5. How to make an eBook Soft option: A pdf file, uploaded to a web page (blog) (or into Blackboard if you want to keep it private) Hard core: Make a proper eBook using something like iAuthor, then publish it to the iBook store Problem: Ebooks won’t be accessible to everyone, so you probably always need the pdf as well
- 6. My pdf eBook Soft option: A pdf file, uploaded to a web page (blog) (or into Blackboard if you want to keep it private) Hard core: Make a proper eBook using something like iAuthor, then publish it to the iBook store Problem: Ebooks won’t be accessible to everyone, so you probably always need the pdf as well
- 7. My pdf eBook
- 8. My pdf eBook
- 9. My pdf eBook
- 10. iBooks (Apple’s eBook) Pros: You can include video, audio and interactive media You can publish it in Apple’s iBook store (possibly for $$$)
- 11. iBook eBook Cons: iBook store approval process is time-consuming Learning the layout software is more complex Relatively few students will be able to read it
- 13. iBook eBook
- 14. iBook eBook
- 15. eBooks – from teaching to research I published the pdf on my blog, advertised it via a tweet to a doco research hashtag, they blogged it and someone else scooped their blog and … Bob’s my uncle, approx. 20000 hits on my blog page… Makes it an easier job to go publish an article with the textbook under my belt, plus I’ve started to establish my rep.
- 16. Twitter for L&T Joining Twitter is only the first part. I have two Twitter accounts, one for personal (@geniwate) and one for teaching (@Jenny Weight). All students have to join Twitter. It’s best to get them following each other (and you) However, what you really need it for everyone to use the course hashtag. You make this up yourself. Hashtag for my course Transient Spaces is #transpaces Warning: hashtags are not private. You can set up a private group but it’s a bit fiddly. I prefer to educate students to send private things (and assessment) by email
- 17. Twitter for L&T The other thing you need is a way to read your tweets. Going to Twitter itself is not very efficient. Hootsuite: the best way if you use a computer to read tweets
- 18. Twitter for L&T TweetDeck: good if you use your mobile phone FlipBoard is good for an iPad You can also put a Twitter widget on your blog
- 19. Twitter from L&T to research Unleash the power of the hashtag! Good for trending topics, getting the pulse of current opinion Eg, for my documentary on cyclists, I create and read a Twitter feed about the #cyclist hashtag:
- 20. Useful site for doing hashtag research Unleash the power of the hashtag! Good for trending topics, getting the pulse of current opinion Eg, for my documentary on cyclists, I create and read a Twitter feed about people using the #cyclist hashtag:
- 21. Combining Twitter and personal publishing Use Twitter to publicise your projects to the relevant interest groups Do this by working out what hashtags they use on twubs, and who are the top users (tweeps) of those hashtags. Then tweet to that hashtag/s, and direct message to the tweep/s My students are doing this too Watch your stuff go viral!
- 22. Resources Kirsten A. Johnson (2011): The effect of Twitter posts on students’ perceptions of instructor credibility, Learning, Media and Technology, 36:1, 21-38