Brief presentation - given as Part of a Teaching and Learning Excellence day at Edge Hill, July 2012.

1. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Paul Smalley
• Course Leader BA (Hons) Secondary Religious
Education with QTS
• Course Leader BA (Hons) Key Stage 2/3
Religious Education with QTS
• SOLSTICE Fellow
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2. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Twitter was used to send out
'recommendations' of articles to read
• prompted 'real world' discussion,
• began to alter the perception of learning
• include material in a final summative
assessment.
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3. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• ‘Educator as Concierge’ (Bonk 2007, Siemens
2008) - directs the learners to resources with
the intention of encouraging learners to
explore on their own
• Over six months (Oct 11 – March 12) sent 290
Tweets with links to articles - #k23re
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4. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Before….
• Little direction as to what to read
• I just did what was needed for the assignment
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5. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• One month in...
• I didn’t know how to use Twitter but now I’m
following loads of education people rather
than me mates and things.
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6. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Appreciated the ease of access.
• Yeah I just click on it; you know the link’s already
there so it is easier to access.
• As someone who likes Twitter – you’re on there
anyway and it comes up.
• I like it because I’m on Twitter - any time I’m
bored I’m on it.
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7. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• I really feel you are trying to educate us
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8. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• I think it’s been very useful and I think it is nice
that you are respecting us and sharing all the
current affairs in education with us, because,
without that we wouldn’t be discussing things
that are going to affect us
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9. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Students’ perceptions of learning began to
change:
• If I’m writing an essay might go on Twitter a
few times as a break
• I like it because I’m on Twitter - any time I’m
bored I’m on it.
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10. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Knowledge gained was useful:
• Judaism assignment
• I like knowing the stuff that might concern us
now or in the future. I wouldn’t have known
any of the stuff that is going on if it wasn’t for
Twitter.
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11. Can Twitter help make feedback work? Paul Smalley – SOLSTICE Fellow
• Interested?
• Solstice Website
• Staff development opportunities next
academic year.
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