This document summarizes a workshop on using microblogging in education. The workshop agenda includes introducing microblogging platforms like Twitter and Cirip, demonstrating their educational uses for activities like class discussions and collaborations, and discussing their future potential. Examples of how microblogging can enhance teaching and learning are provided.

1. USING MICROBLOGGING in EDUCATION Gabriela Grosseck & Carmen Holotescu University of West Univ Politehnica/ Timsoft Timisoara, Romania pelc10 Plymouth e-Learning Conference, April 8-9, 2010 http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/e-learning

2. WORKSHOP AGENDA Let’s know each other A short introduction in Social Learning What is microblogging? Overview of the microsphere / General uses Discovery 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/pelc10

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? Write or tweet #pelc10 #wmb Compare your a-list with Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

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

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 RT interactions between users.

12. Microblogging is a collaborative technology

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 Top 100 Tools for Leaning 2009: Twitter, Cirip, Yammer, Edmodo

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!

17. MICROBLOGGING PLATFORMS

18. The most popular microblogging system Launched in July, 2006 Robust, elegant and simple More than 90 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 „ 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 #pelc10 wmb ! 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. 11000 users interface in Romanian, English, German finalist at Seedcamp Zagreb, Jan 2010 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 ), - documents ( odf, odt, pdf, doc, xls, txt, ppt ) Cirip.eu TUTORIAL

37. Who are you? Use multimedia object to describe yourself (blip.fm, deezer, youtube or vimeo)

38. information and knowledge management courses enhancement delivering entire online courses collaborative projects in universities communities of practice ePortfolios. Personal Learning Environments ( Networks ) - PLE/PLN Educational uses Users Grupuri Feeds Social networks

39. PLN: users, groups, feeds interactions online, via ciripfox/ ciripgadget/ ciripAIR/FF Ubiquity, SMS, mobile, IM, mJava, API, twitter2cirip, rss2cirip messages, images, audio, video (live), presentations, files profile livestreaming cirip2twitter, widget, export notes on blogs

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 multimedia messages polls/quiz/ comments via SMS (f2f) validations - interactions with users/experts/ groups

42. 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.

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

44. 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

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

46. Workshop group: cirip.ro/grup/pelc10

47. Please let us know your opinion at cirip.ro/sondaj/296 . Thank you!

48. Gabriela Grosseck cirip.ro/u/gabriela twitter.com/ggrosseck Carmen Holotescu cirip.ro/u/cami13 twitter.com/cami13 Workshop group: cirip.ro/grup/pelc10