Delivered as a training session at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 11/11/2015

1. #LSTMCPD
An Introduction to
Twitter in Higher
Education

2. Who am I?
Alex Spiers
Learning Technology
Developer

3. Overview
What is it?
Terminology
How it is being
used?
Issues
Activities
Questions

6. https://clt.vtc.edu.hk/what-happens-online-in-60-seconds/

7. Communication
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypic/1459055735/
Communication

11. Happy 6th Birthday

13. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/09/iran-twitter-revolution-protests?intcmp=239

15. https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/opinion/tell-us-about-your-paper-and-make-it-short-and-tweet

16. http://www.healthandcommunications.com/blog/2015/8/31/8utx8sait2y475x5wv11omlk6fsf9p

17. Terminology & Tasks

19. Ten Days of Twitter was originally developed by created by Helen Webster.
The materials are available under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA.
1. Set up a profile
2. Following people
3. Sending a tweet
4. @messages
5. Embedding and shortening URLs
6. Retweeting
7. Hashtags
8. Managing people (apps to create lists)
9. Managing information (apps to curate links)

20. Creating an account

21. Activity
• Search for content

22. #ff Follow FridayFollowing & Followers

23. Following & Followers
Following is trial and error – filter your followers (or interests) regularly

24. Activity
• Search for content

25. Sending @ messagesSend a Tweet

26. Tweet

27. Activity
• Search for content

28. The @ sign is used to call out usernames in Tweets,
like this:
@

29. Activity
• Search for content

30. Tweeting Links

31. Tweeting URLs
• Tinyurl.com
• Goo.gl Owned by Google this will also produce
a QR code for your link and if you have a Google+
account, you can track statistics on click-through.
This is useful if you’re evaluating publicity
strategies for a new web resource or event.
• Ow.ly You can also add links to photos, files and
videos with this site which is useful for spicing up
livetweets from conferences or events.
• Bit.ly You can also track click-throughs with this
site.

32. Activity
• Search for content

33. RetweetsRT (retweet)

34. Re-sharing or giving credit to someone else’s
tweet. See also MT (modified tweet)
RT (retweet)

35. Activity
• Search for content

36. #Hashtags# hash tag (search term)

37. # hash tag (search term)

38. Activity
• Search for content

39. Managing people in TwitterManaging People

40. Block
You can Block anyone you don’t want to be
following you. Blocking prevents a user from @
message, DM or adding you to a list. It

41. Lists
You can create a public or private list of people and
accounts you are interested in. This helps you filter
information.

42. Activity
• Search for content

43. Managing information in Twitter
• Favourites
• Search
• Trending
• Extras - flipboard
Managing information

44. Favourites/Likes
Adding a favourite
tweet is similar to
‘like’ in Facebook
and can be used
to bookmark a
tweet.

45. Apps

47. Activity
• Search for content

48. Brightspace

49. Professional
Practice
Technology
Events/
ConferencesHE News
Breaking
News
Research

53. LJMU guidance

54. • Understand how public and permanent your online footprint
is (Search on Google or www.123people.com)
• Be aware that your current or future employers could choose
to explore that online footprint!
• Do not say anything online that you would not say face to face
• Avoid spamming and flaming
• Be aware that it is easy to misinterpret irony, sarcasm etc…
without tone of voice or expressions to guide
• Consider who you are talking to…
Source http://www.slideshare.net/vitaenwhub
Netiquette

55. Top Tips

56. Consider your audience

57. • It used to be about telling people how good
you are, social media allows you to show how
good you are….
Be clear about what you are doing

58. Be Choosy!

59. • Reciprocity
– Help folk
– Reciprocity
Helping others, who will eventually help you.
Reciprocity

60. A to Z of Social Media http://bit.ly/ZBWlVU
Oxford University social Media Michelmas
http://bit.ly/ZBWA2Z
Edudemic introduction to Twitter
http://bit.ly/X9Gqzr
Using Twitter in university research, teaching and
impact activities http://bit.ly/X9GT4G
VITAE guide to using twitter http://bit.ly/X9HcfW
How to use Tweetdeck http://bit.ly/N8MYX7
BBC Twitter guide to the law http://bbc.in/XyX5x
Resources

61. @alexgspiers

62. TEL Light Bites
TEL Light Bites 29/11/2015 12pm -1.30pm Wolfson Meeting Room 1
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