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

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

Let’s know each other

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

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

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

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!

MICROBLOGGING PLATFORMS

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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. ”

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

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

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!

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)
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

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

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

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

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.

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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