1. Masters Action Research 4-Week Scheme of Twitter and Diigo Learning Activities
Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
18th July–22nd July 18th July - Send email one How I am going to
assess learning and
success of each task?
Week One Theme Researcher Action
Send out initial questionnaire, demonstration Complete Results from
videos for each tool. Explain about Diigo Questionnaire Questionnaires
alerts. Use of #ioct hash tag
About You and Create Twitter account. Observations of
Creative Answer questions and provide technical Follow responses to
Technologies support if needed @IOCT_DMUMasters instructions
Monitor and allow requests for membership to Create Diigo account Monitor and record extra
Introductions and Diigo group support needed
assessment of Subscribe to Creative
prior knowledge Monitor Twitter followers Technologies Diigo Archive Tweet content
Of tools and group and set alerts of participants for
Creative Record data and archive Tweets analysis
Technologies
Resources
• Demonstration videos for signing up to
Test tools for use and using Twitter
as a teaching tool • Demonstration videos for signing up to
to assess prior and using Diigo
knowledge of • Questionnaire via SurveyGizmo
student group • Instructions for Diigo alerts settings

2. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
20th July – Send email two
About You through Twitter
This week Twitter will be asking you to tweet Respond to requests Assessment of
the following information about you and your for information responses to
work. instructions
1. Please tell us your name and say which Use Twitter as a tool for Observations and
Masters cohort you are from, your location (in sharing information with monitoring of levels of
the world) and your area of interest in researcher, other participation
Creative Technologies participants and wider
2, Please tweet three key words that in your IOCT community Monitor and record extra
opinion represent the area of Creative (followers) support needed
Technologies
3, Please tell us the single biggest challenge Archive Tweet content
you face in your work or your learning in the of participants for
area of Creative Technologies analysis
Please tweet your answers to
@IOCT_DMUMasters at a convenient time for
you this week.
Researcher action
Monitor and archive Tweets.
Answer questions/provide technical support
Oversee activity

3. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
22nd July – Send email three
About you through Diigo
Please use Diigo to bookmark as many Bookmark websites, Assessment of
websites as you like that show either: add comments and responses to
tags instructions
Your own work and any Creative
Technologies projects that you have been Showcase own work Observations and
involved in and share own monitoring of levels of
OR experience/interests participation
Projects, people or articles that illustrate your with others in group
interests in Creative Technologies Monitor and record extra
support needed
Please add a comment to each site that you
bookmark saying why you have chosen to Observation of tags
share this article/site. used
Please add tags to the article you are Observation and
bookmarking. recording of any
unexpected interactions
Researcher action e.g. likes, tags added to
Provide technical support if needed other bookmarks, any
Monitor bookmarks comments added by
others.
Resources
List of recommended tags
Demonstration video of Diigo comments

4. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
25th July–29th July 25th July – Send email 1
Week Two Theme Read an article/look at a website that Make comments and Assessment of
someone else has bookmarked in the Diigo notes on websites responses to
group. bookmarked by others instructions
Interaction
Highlight a short extract/paragraph that Share ideas from Observations and
interest you in the article/site and add a differing perspectives monitoring of levels of
comment/note of your own to this page. participation
Encourage
dialogue, debate Researcher action Monitor and record extra
and interaction support needed
between students Oversee activity
Provide technical support if needed Observation of
Monitor comments and notes comments and notes
Resources Observation and
Test tools for use Demonstration video on highlighting and recording of any
in offering notes on Diigo unexpected interactions
opportunities for
collaborative Observe responses to
learning Interacting with others
using tools

5. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
27th July – Send email 2 Assessment of
responses to
Post a question on Twitter to one of the other Interaction with other instructions
participants (use @ followed by their user participants
name) to find out more about their area of Observations and
interest in the Creative Technologies. monitoring of levels of
participation
Researcher action
Provide technical support if needed Monitor and record extra
Monitor questions and answers support needed
Archive Tweets
Observation of
questions and answers/
debate
29th July – Send email 3 Observation and
Joining in recording of any
Is it easier to be an artist than it is to be a asynchronous debate unexpected interactions
technologist? Please debate this on Twitter on given topic
Observe responses and
Researcher action Interactions with others
Provide technical support if needed using tools
Moderate debate
Archive Tweets

6. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
1st August- 5th August 1st – Send out email 1
August
Watch this short video (Different video for Undertake pre set tasks
each person).
Week Three Theme Bookmark the link to the Diigo group with a Posting to twitter and
comment (showing your thoughts on the bookmarking Assessment of
video) and tags. Post the link on twitter with a responses to
Intersession type comment about the video. Don’t forget to instructions
activities include #ioct
(Different video for each person) Observations and
monitoring of levels of
August 3rd – Send out email 2 participation
Encourage further
learning and Look at the video link Tweets from the other Exchanging Monitor and record extra
engagement participants and re-tweet your favourite tweet information/learning support needed
(beyond learning with a comment to your own followers.
sessions) Archive Tweet content
August 3rd – Send out email 3 of participants for
analysis
Post any question to any other participant/s. Open invitation to
Test tools for use Answer any questions posted. interact with others
in offering
opportunities for
intersession Researcher action
learning
Oversee activity
Provide technical support if needed
Monitor comments and Archive Tweets

7. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
August 8th – Send out email 1 Preparing for Live Assessment of
8th August-12th Twitter Chat session on responses to
August Distribute instructions to set up Tweetdeck in 11th August at 4pm instructions
preparation for Live Chat session on 11th
August at 4pm.
Week Four Theme
August 10th – Send out email 2
Live Masters
Twitter Chat and Send out video to be used in preparation for Answering questions
Evaluations live chat http://www.youtube.com/watch? and providing technical
v=j4LrB-jFEgM support if needed
Send out Twitter Chat guidelines and rules
Test tools for use .
in live information
sharing and August 12th – Send out email 3
learning exchange
Send out final questionnaire with thanks
Evaluating project and
Resources feeding back
Test tools potential Instructions to set up Tweetdeck Gathering evaluation
to collect feedback Guidelines for Live Twitter Chat and feedback
and provide Rules for Live Twitter Chat
evaluations

8. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
11th August 4 – 4.10pm – Theme based chat
Rough outline of Moderators Tweets:
• Welcome Respond to moderator Archive of Tweet Chat
Live Masters • Today’s chat will use Dave Cormier’s prompts
Twitter Chat and video on Community as curriculum to Assessment of
Evaluations discuss collaboration. Post tweets responses to
• Link to video instructions/prompts
• Firstly Please introduce yourself, tell us Ask questions
your location and your area of interest Observations and
Test tools for use in Creative Technologies. Answer questions monitoring of levels of
in live information • What are your initial thoughts about participation
sharing and David Cormier’s video on Community Respond to each
learning exchange as Curriculum? others responses Observation of
• What is collaborative learning? questions and answers/
debate
• Why is collaborative learning
important?
Test tools potential Observation and
• Name 3 key skills for successful
to collect feedback recording of any
Collaboration. My 3 are x x x
and provide unexpected interactions
evaluations • What is your experience of
collaborative learning? Good or bad Observe responses and
experience? Interactions with others
• Collaboration = Innovation. Agree? using tools
• Any other recommended resources or
information to share on the topic of
collaboration?

9. Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation
11th August
4.10pm – 4.20pm – Evaluation based chat
Rough outline of Moderators Tweets: Respond to moderator Archive of Tweet Chat
Live Masters prompts
Twitter Chat and • How did you find this Twitter Chat? Assessment of
Evaluations • Please answer the following questions responses to
relating to the twitter/Diigo experiment Answer questions instructions/prompts
• What was your favourite tool – Twitter
or Diigo? Provide feedback and Observations and
Test tools for use • What do you know now that you didn’t evaluation material monitoring of levels of
in live information know before the Twitter/Diigo participation
sharing and experiment?
learning exchange • What did you find interesting or Observation of
surprising? questions and answers/
• Does the use of Twitter/Diigo solve any debate
problems for you? How?
Test tools potential Observation and
• How you think that Twitter/Diigo can
to collect feedback recording of any
help your learning and development?
and provide unexpected interactions
• Will this project change the way you
evaluations
learn, network and research?
Observe responses and
Interactions with others
using tools