Microblogging in Education
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The document discusses how to use microblogging in education. It provides an overview of microblogging platforms like Twitter and their educational uses for collaboration, project management, and more. It also describes various microblogging tools and their features that could be useful for educational purposes.
![a private microblogging platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments features: Store and Share Files , Privacy Controls , Public Timeline (RSS) , Notifications (SMS) , Class Calendar , Assignments & Grades, Share Links and Embeds , Subscribe to Feeds similar LMS „ Edmodo could be used for a wide variety of tasks and lessons. […] It could also be a forum for open discussion in an online course setting. In a one-to-one computing environment you could post a story starter and have each student add a sentence or paragraph to create a collaboratively written story. ” Richard Byrne photo: http://www.edmodo.com/public/](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/workshopco11-110116030522-phpapp02/85/Microblogging-in-Education-21-320.jpg)
![business oriented used in a single organisation attachment links, images, files potential for schools photo: https://www.yammer.com/about/screenshots „ But I can see the potential for, say, a school . Certainly in the UK, [….] it would be really easy to set up a Yammer account for students and staff to collaborate with each other in a closed-off environment. So, if Twitter seems somewhat too open for comfort, perhaps Yammer is the answer. ” Terry Freedman](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/workshopco11-110116030522-phpapp02/85/Microblogging-in-Education-25-320.jpg)
Microblogging in Education
- 1. How to use MICROBLOGGING in Education Carmen Holotescu Gabriela Grosseck University Politehnica/ Timsoft West University Timisoara, Romania CO11 http://cirip.ro/grup/co11 Connecting Online 2011 http://connecting-online.ning.com
- 2. Let’s know each other A short introduction in Social Learning What is microblogging? Overview of the microsphere . General uses Discover microblogging through Cirip.eu Educational uses of microblogging What does the future look like? Microblogging Reflections Where do we learn more? Workshop group : cirip.ro/grup/co11
- 3. Let’s know each other
- 4. SOCIAL LEARNING A short introduction
- 5. RSS/blogs-2004, podcast–2005, vlog–2006, video–2007 microblogging-2008-2010, augmented reality location based applications - 2010 Web2.0 / social networks have great impact in collaborative / social learning ( eLearning2.0 )
- 6. Enhancing teaching & learning using Web2.0 technologies from Handbook of Emerging Technologies in Education George Siemens, Peter Tittenberg (pg.34) ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl
- 7. Welcome to … your space Which 5 web 2.0 applications do you appreciate and use most? Tweet #co11 Compare your a-list with Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010
- 9. INTRODUCTION TO MICROBLOGGING What is it? And why should I care?
- 10. A collaborative definition of microblogging generated by oamos.com embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1645201
- 11. Microblogging is a new form of blogging , with brief text updates of 140 characters, via Web, SMS, email, IM or 3rd party applications, which allows real-time interactions between users.
- 12. Microblogging is a collaborative technology photo: http://media2.lelombrik.net/13501-14000/13845.jpg
- 13. Diagrammr at diagrammr.com/edit?key=dy4NKMc8XsZ embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1644841
- 14. photo: http://www.heikkironkko.com/images/yolehti_jaiku.jpg Microblogging platforms used in education
- 15. Mar 2006 Oct 2007 Jan 2008 Jul 2008 Dec 2007 Mar 2008 Overview of the Microsphere Timeline Sep 2008 4 platforms in Tops 100 Tools for Leaning 2009/2010: Twitter, Cirip, Yammer, Edmodo Elizabeth Koh, An overview of microblogging, http://www.slideshare.net/elizabethkoh/an-overview-of-microblogging , slide 16
- 16. How microblogging tools work Create an account and sign in Search for other people to follow (Other people are doing the same for you) 3. Read other peoples’ updates 4. Enter an update yourself 5. Go back to steps 3 and 4!
- 18. The most popular microblogging system Launched in July, 2006 Robust, elegant and simple More than 200 million users Numerous mash-ups Social networking in 140 characters twitter http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124372363@N01/2417123304/sizes/o
- 19. Twitter Educational uses: Classroom community Collaboration Project Management Assessing opinion Conference / research Virtual classroom Learning experiences Personal Learning Network Reference services
- 20. A video clip about twitter at dotsub.com embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1644958
- 21. a private microblogging platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments features: Store and Share Files , Privacy Controls , Public Timeline (RSS) , Notifications (SMS) , Class Calendar , Assignments & Grades, Share Links and Embeds , Subscribe to Feeds similar LMS „ Edmodo could be used for a wide variety of tasks and lessons. […] It could also be a forum for open discussion in an online course setting. In a one-to-one computing environment you could post a story starter and have each student add a sentence or paragraph to create a collaboratively written story. ” Richard Byrne photo: http://www.edmodo.com/public/
- 22. a social journal for your life; a right-to-left scrolling “timeline” photo: http://friendfeed.com/robingood „ My Plurkline, for me, is a broadcast medium -I want to put a message out there and share some information and to do that I need to keep the line clear for people to read and respond to. I'm not looking to gather information from other people there (have so many other places where I already do that). ” Nick Peackey Nick Peackey
- 23. only 10 minutes to setup the own microblogging network useful for those devoted to a particular niche a customizable and easy-to-use community space sharing photos, files, links, locations and much more through a well known microblogging interface Steve Dembo photo: http://teach42.shoutem.com/ „ We’ve all known it was coming, it was just a matter of time. Well, it has finally arrived and I’m thrilled to say that it was worth the wait. ShoutEm is a create-your-own-Twitter platform that works just as easily as Ning does. Steve Dembo
- 24. an open source implementation of a distributed microblogging platform, CreativeCommons framework full control of your data, meaning if you want to migrate to another service you can take it with you allows you to post 140 characters messages login with your OpenID SMS updates and notifications groups „ Discussing and proposing pedagogical approachs for education within the paradigm and assistance of Web2.0. ” http://identi.ca/group/w2e http://identi.ca/group/w2e
- 25. business oriented used in a single organisation attachment links, images, files potential for schools photo: https://www.yammer.com/about/screenshots „ But I can see the potential for, say, a school . Certainly in the UK, [….] it would be really easy to set up a Yammer account for students and staff to collaborate with each other in a closed-off environment. So, if Twitter seems somewhat too open for comfort, perhaps Yammer is the answer. ” Terry Freedman
- 26. more than 140 characters c ommenting and "like" system r oom / g roup creation attachment links, pictures, e mbeddable widgets ( YouTube, Flickr, twitpic ) photo: http://friendfeed.com/robingood „ The option to create a private Friend Feedroom could be a great way to create a back channelfor your classroom or for any workshops that you may lead. You could also create a private Friend Feed room for your students to use as brainstorming area or a book discussion forum. ”
- 27. a micro-update communications for companies that gives employees the ability to: instantly communicate their current status (collaboration in Real-Time) ask questions post media (share documents & media) groups for keeping conversations organized d evice s upport (computer, mobile phone, any device connected to the Internet) photo: http://presentlyapp.com/ „ Present.lyprovides a free place to get the same type of feedback as you'd gather on Twitter, but in a closed setting.. ” Richard Byrne Richard Byrne
- 28. brainstorming ideas – please add your thoughts Scribd paper: Can we use Twitter for educational activities? HOW MICROBLOGGING CAN IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
- 29. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandemia/354115976/sizes/l/ Classroom community Collaboration Project Management Assessing opinion Conference / research Virtual classroom Learning experiences Personal Learning Network Exploring the language Reference services good points:
- 30. distr acting time -consuming rude ad dictive no social educational value bad grammar skills privacy spam meaningless without a network bad points http://www.flickr.com/photos/80578657@N00/254923630/sizes/o
- 31. What ‘s your attitude toward microblogging? Use a single word and write it down or tweet it #co11 Working in group, find images with flickr , flickrcc , compfight or CreativeCommon.org ! Go to Photopeach and build your attitude in a digital storytelling!
- 32. A slideshare presentation about collaboration on microblogging, embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1610057
- 33. A photopeach presentation for microblogging metaphors, embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/874542
- 34. - 20000 users - interface in Romanian, English, German - Finalist at Seedcamp Zagreb, Jan 2010 - In Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 Cirip.eu - a microblogging platform specially designed for education; launched in March, 2008, by Timsoft, a Romanian company specialized in eLearning and mobile applications
- 35. Facilities Cirip.eu (1) public and private groups (courses, internal training, projects, events, internal communication, service, family, hobby, etc); group communication via SMS polls , quizzes – online or via SMS feeds monitoring via SMS / sites / blogs / social networks / search feeds - jobs, weather, reactions) statistics, visualizations, tags. Cirip.eu TUTORIAL
- 36. Facilities Cirip.eu (2) multimedia objects embedded in messages (communication flow, create/recreate, open to OERs): - livestreaming, - images ( flickr, tinypic ), - audio ( eok, trilulilu, deezer, blip.fm, vocaroo, mp3 ), - (live) video ( youtube, dotsub, vimeo, seesmic, screencastle, screenjelly, screenr, 220.ro, myvideo ), - presentations ( slideshare, capzles, voicethread, flowgram, photopeach, picasa, notaland, prezi, diagrammr, mindomo, mindmeister, spicynodes ), - documents ( odf, odt, pdf, doc, xls, txt, ppt, google docs/forms/spreadsheets )
- 37. Who are you? Use multimedia object to describe yourself - blip.fm, deezer, youtube, vimeo - etc.
- 38. information and knowledge management courses enhancement delivering entire online courses learning from the stream collaborative projects in universities communities of practice ePortfolios. Personal Learning Environments ( Networks ) - PLE/PLN Educational uses Users Feeds Social networks
- 40. An online course about microblogging platforms Research: integrate microblogging with other Web2.0 technologies microblogging platform as LMS course facilitation Materials: announcements materials as LOM/SCORM objects
- 41. Course elements: announcements modules - LOM/SCORM objects collaborative exercises learning from the stream multimedia messages polls/quiz/ comments via SMS (f2f) validations - interactions with users/experts/ groups
- 42. Mobile learning features localize and join mobile groups access content and open educational resources share opinions work collaboratively on multimedia objects participate in polls and quizzes receive/send updates via SMS create and manage mobile PLEs; recover password via SMS.
- 43. Mindmap at mindmeister.com/maps/show_public/29895908 embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1629920 Cirip as social network: profile / object centric. LD scenarios as meta-objects.
- 44. Training for companies, private groups for internal communication, best cases sharing (message at http://www.cirip.ro/status/2316514 )
- 45. Indicators : (mindmeister.com) Popularity Influence Coagulation index Exposure index Geographical distribution Temporal distribution Online social presence Rating (RT) Notoriety (favorite) Sharing (Link) Intimacy Spa Mood Language Connections/comunication PLE/PLN relevance ePortfolio
- 46. WCES 2009, 4-7 Feb., North Cyprus University WHAT do our students NEED?
- 47. Workshop group: cirip.ro/grup/co11
- 48. Carmen Holotescu cirip.ro/u/cami13 twitter.com/cami13 Gabriela Grosseck cirip.ro/u/gabriela twitter.com/ggrosseck Workshop group: cirip.ro/grup/co11