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*
106 letters / 1 Tweet / 1 SMS

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*
169 letters / 2 Tweet / 2 SMS / 160 %

5. Mobile Generation
http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/

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

9. http://www.jaiku.com
http://www.twitter.com
http://identi.ca/ http://www.plurk.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/1815164756/

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

11. btw, thanks for the last
slide to ...

13. Twitter ...
for Education
@ Conferences
for Scientists
http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/4059663939

14. Twitter ...
for Education
@ Conferences
for Scientists
http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/4059663939

15. Step towards digital
lecture room
Interactive mass
education
Classroom interaction
through mobile devices
http://flickr.com/photos/nettsu/1365343292/

16. http://twitterwall.tugraz.at

17. Twitter ...
for Education
@ Conferences
for Scientists
http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/4059663939

18. Twitter stream at
conference (ED - Media 08)

19. before
during
after
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/430523365

20. Number of Tweets at ED-Media 2009

21. Who is tweeting (ED-Media 2011)?
http://twitter.tugraz.at

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

24. Twitter ...
for Education
@ Conferences
for Scientists
http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/4059663939

25. http://grabeeter.tugraz.at

26. Archive
and
Search
OFFLINE

27. Scientist Study:
• 4 Researchers
• Topic of Interest:
Technology Enhanced Learning
• Time Period: Second half of 2010
• Quantitative Approach

28. Code Total Bar Graph
citation 22 !!!!!!!!!
communication 60 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cooperation 2 !
critique 10 !!!!
culture 3 !
economy 1 !
education 22 !!!!!!!!!
event 79 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
innovation 3 !
joke 1 !
literature 5 !!
location 8 !!!
methods 2 !
music 1 !
Frequency networks 1 !
Report organisational
personal experience
7
48
!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
personal wishes 13 !!!!!
politics 14 !!!!!!
private 4 !!
project 20 !!!!!!!!
recommendation 19 !!!!!!!!
resource 24 !!!!!!!!!!
rhetoric question 1 !
science 1 !
technology 42 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TEL 54 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theories 13 !!!!!
university 19 !!!!!!!!
Total: 29 499
!

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
@
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information Services
Graz University of Technology
Graz University of Technology
Martin Ebner
mebner http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
http://elearning.tugraz.at