Using the Power of Twitter: Building Online Learning Lisa Thumann, Sr. Specialist in Technology Education CMSCE, Rutgers University http://thumannresources.com http://www.twitter.com/lthumann

What? What is an Online Learning Community? So What? Why are they helpful? Why do I care? Now What? What can you do to build your OLC?

What? What is an Online Learning Community?

So What? Why are they helpful? Why do I care?

Now What? What can you do to build your OLC?

What?

” No one knows everything, everyone knows something, all knowledge resides in humanity. ” Lévy 1997

Two Networking Tools for Building Online Learning Communities :

So What?

Follow Someone From Today

They Tweet Out Their Blog Post Next Week

Their Post Refers To...

A Video on YouTube

Research on 21st Century Learning Skills

Another Blog You Are Interested in Reading

You Read That Person's Blog and Start Following Them on Twitter

A Few Days Later That Person Tweets out a Link to...

Now What?

The positive spiral of social networks tschaut ’ s photos Contribution Reciprocity Accumulation Value

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To Do: 1. Sign up for Classroom 2.0 and/or Twitter 2. Fill out your 3 cards as best you can. 3. Find one person you don't know - introduce yourself and exchange cards. 4. Repeat #3 two more times. 5. Continue the conversation. Here’s what to do:

1. Sign up for Classroom 2.0 and/or Twitter

2. Fill out your 3 cards as best you can.

3. Find one person you don't know - introduce yourself and exchange cards.

4. Repeat #3 two more times.

5. Continue the conversation.