Academic Use of Microblogging

Acadmice Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Technology enhanced Learning Academic Use of Microblogging http://flickr.com/photos/powerbooktrance/289992273// Martin Ebner

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Mobile Learning? http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/ Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

„Hence, learning materials must be desinged for easy access by the nomadic learners during using mobile technology regardless of where they are located and which network infrastructure they are using to access information“ Allen, 2007 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Is microblogging a possibility for a specific community to exchange ideas, interests and information? http://www.flickr.com/photos/vividbreeze/480057824

Microblogging is a small-scale form of blogging, generally made up of short, succinct messages, used by both users and business to share news, post status updates and carry on conversations Templeton, 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/601808418

http://www.jaiku.com http://www.pownce.com (down on December 15, 2008) http://www.twitter.com http://identi.ca/ http://www.plurk.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/1815164756/ Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

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What the hell is twitter? - 140 character - from mobile, client or web interface - Followers - Direct messages - @Replies and Retweets - #Hashtags - Open API Academic Use of Microblogging http://www.flickr.com/photos/luc/1824234195 Martin Ebner

btw, thanks for the last slide to ... Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

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Different kind of people using microblogs Templeton, 2008 Java et al, 2007 Exchanger Communicator Daily Chatter Reporter http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/601808418

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Twitter ok, but how can we use it for scientific conferences? http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapfrog_photo/2532068489 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research outcomes • ED-Media 2008 • Summer School 2008 • ED-Media 2009 • EduCamp 2010 • Grabeeter http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research outcomes • ED-Media 2008 • Summer School 2008 • ED-Media 2009 • EduCamp 2010 • Grabeeter Ebner, M., (2009) Introducing Live Microblogging: How Single Presentations Can Be Enhanced by the Mass, Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching (JRIT), 2 (1), p. 91-100, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Twitter stream at conference (ED-Media 2008) Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Twitter stream at conferece (ED-Media 2008) Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

54 Tweets using Hashtag #edmedia08 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

„in the background we discussed things more deeply than the guys on the stage“ versus „Twitter can be distracting - you pay less attention“ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuagedenuit/276092250

Research outcomes • ED-Media 2008 • Summer School 2008 • ED-Media 2009 • EduCamp 2010 • Grabeeter Reinhardt, W., Ebner, M., Beham, G., Costa, C. (2009) How People are Using Twitter during Conferences, Hornung-Prähauser, V., Luckmann, M. (Ed.), 5th EduMedia conference, Salzburg, p. 145-156 http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research Question: Who is using Twitter at conferences and why? Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Question: Role of respondents at conferences Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Question: Purposes of using Twitter by attendes Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Communicating and sharing resources seem to be one of the most interesting and relevant ways in which one microblogs http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/430523365 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research outcomes • ED-Media 2008 • Summer School 2008 • ED-Media 2009 • EduCamp 2010 • Grabeeter Ebner. M., Reinhard, W. (2009) Social networking in scientific conferences – Twitter as tool for strengthen a scientific, Workshop Science 2.0 for TEL, ECTEL 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Twitter Community at ED-Media 2008 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Number of Tweets at ED-Media 2008 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

User Hashttags Key terms Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

„... top trend makers show who is the heartbeat of this online community and the key terms pointed out, what the community was talking about“ http://www.flickr.com/photos/radekreks/316541927 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research outcomes • ED-Media 2008 • Summer School 2008 • ED-Media 2009 • EduCamp 2010 • Grabeeter Ebner. M., Mühlburger H., Schaffert S., Schiefner M., Reinhardt W., Wheeler S. (2010) Getting Granular on Twitter Tweets from a Conference and their Limited Usefulness for Non-Participant, N. Reynolds and M. Turcsányi-Szabó (Eds.): KCKS 2010, IFIP AICT 324, pp. 102–113, 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research Question: Is Twitter proper to report from a conference in order to share the event with the scientific community from outside the conference? Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Analyses of participants Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Categories of Tweets Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Detailed Analyes of Tweets Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Outcome: If we reduce the tweets to those occurring during the conference period (5th and 6th February) only 120 posts are of interest at all, which relates to about 6% Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Practically, the obviously limited usefulness of the tweets of the EduCamp participants for interested external participants evokes new ideas for practical and effective alternative usage of the tweets as well as the need for appropriate tools. http://www.flickr.com/photos/minaartwork/3695954155 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research outcomes • ED-Media 2008 • Summer School 2008 • ED-Media 2009 • EduCamp 2010 • Grabeeter Mühlburger H., Ebner M., Taraghi B. (2010) @twitter Try out #Grabeeter to Export, Archive and Search Your Tweet, ECTEL 2010, Workshop Research 2.0, accepted, in print http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Research Question: How must a web-based application that can also be used offline (without Internet connection) for information retrieval and knowledge discovery based on a micro-content system like Twitter look like? Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

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Archive and Search offline Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Grabeeter allows ... • Micro-content (tweets) is achievable due to the fact that any tweet can be retrieved at anytime from a local hard- drive • Micro-content is storable in a way that the user can distinguish between different events • Micro-content is searchable along keywords, hashtags, time frames as well as different entities (URLs, @, ... ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525 Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Microblogging as potential for the future - if we see it as a new communication channel http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/161/ Academic Use of Microblogging Martin Ebner

Grab and Search your Tweets http://grabeeter.tugraz.at martin.ebner@tugraz.at Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at SOCIAL LEARNING Computer and Information Services Graz University of Technology Graz University of Technology Martin Ebner http://elearningblog.tugraz.at mebner http://elearning.tugraz.at

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