Microblogging in Education

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

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SOCIAL LEARNING A short introduction

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 )

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

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http://personas.media.mit.edu/

INTRODUCTION TO MICROBLOGGING What is it? And why should I care?

A collaborative definition of microblogging generated by oamos.com embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1645201

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.

Microblogging is a collaborative technology photo: http://media2.lelombrik.net/13501-14000/13845.jpg

Diagrammr at diagrammr.com/edit?key=dy4NKMc8XsZ embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1644841

photo: http://www.heikkironkko.com/images/yolehti_jaiku.jpg Microblogging platforms used in education

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

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Social networking in 140 characters twitter http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124372363@N01/2417123304/sizes/o

Twitter Educational uses: Classroom community Collaboration Project Management Assessing opinion Conference / research Virtual classroom Learning experiences Personal Learning Network Reference services

A video clip about twitter at dotsub.com embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1644958

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],„ 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/

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

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

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[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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. ”

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],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

brainstorming ideas – please add your thoughts Scribd paper: Can we use Twitter for educational activities? HOW MICROBLOGGING CAN IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING

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:

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

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A slideshare presentation about collaboration on microblogging, embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1610057

A photopeach presentation for microblogging metaphors, embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/874542

- 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

Facilities Cirip.eu (1) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Cirip.eu TUTORIAL

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 )

Who are you? Use multimedia object to describe yourself - blip.fm, deezer, youtube, vimeo - etc.

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

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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

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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.

Training for companies, private groups for internal communication, best cases sharing (message at http://www.cirip.ro/status/2316514 )

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

WCES 2009, 4-7 Feb., North Cyprus University WHAT do our students NEED?

Workshop group: cirip.ro/grup/co11

Carmen Holotescu cirip.ro/u/cami13 twitter.com/cami13 Gabriela Grosseck cirip.ro/u/gabriela twitter.com/ggrosseck Workshop group: cirip.ro/grup/co11

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