A Qualitative Approach towards Discovering Microblogging Practices of Scientists
1. A Qualitative Approach
towards Discovering
Microblogging
Practices of Scientists
Barbara Kieslinger, Martin Ebner
3. If u cn rd this quickly, gd 4 u, but
AFAIK u will have problems - so
dw it's just fyi - L3T's start *lol*
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4. If you can read this quickly,
good for you, but as far as I
know you will have problems -
so don‘t worry it's just for your
information - Let's start
*laughing out loud*
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6. Is microblogging a possibility for a specific
community to exchange ideas, interests and
information?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vividbreeze/480057824
7. 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
8. Different kind of people
using microblogs
Templeton, 2008
Java et al, 2007
Exchanger
Communicator
Daily Chatter Reporter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/601808418
10. What can you do on
Twitter?
- 140 character
- from mobile, client or web interface
- Followers
- Direct messages
- @Replies and Retweets
- #Hashtags
- Open API
http://www.flickr.com/photos/luc/1824234195
15. Step towards digital
lecture room
Interactive mass
education
Classroom interaction
through mobile devices
http://flickr.com/photos/nettsu/1365343292/
22. „... 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
23. „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
29. Microblogging as potential
for the future
- if we see it as a new
communication channel ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/161/
30. Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
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SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
mebner http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
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