All Day All Night Online Conference - Take a Twalk on the Wild Side, 16th June 2021

1. Take a Twalk on
the Wild Side
Santanu Vasant
@santanuvasant and @TalkingHEPod
#ADAN21Twalk
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2. Has anyone taken part
in a Twitter Walk?
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3. In this session...
• What is a Twalk?
• Why use a Twalk?
• Where can you use a Twalk?
• A micro-Twalk in action

4. What is a Twalk?

5. What is a Twalk?
• Twalk, is ‘to walk while sending a tweet on
Twitter’ (Urban Dictionary, n.d.)
• Twalks have been organised that explore
the topics, where questions are asked at
regular intervals, just as with a tweet-chat
(or Twitter chat).
• There is a hashtag to follow such as
#ADAN21Twalk and questions to answer,
with A1, A2
• Brings social media and the space to create
very human-centred experiential learning.

6. Why Twalk?

7. Why Twalk?
• Used at events to enhance networking and
changing the dynamics through the use of
physical space.
• The act of walking, thinking, interacting
gets the blood and ideas flowing, great for
when energy levels are dwindling, i.e. after
lunch!
• Brings new perspectives to work, study and
social challenges.
• Get you away from a desk for a short time.

8. How do you set up a Twalk?

9. Setting up a Twalk
• You need an overarching theme – related to learning
outcomes or a weekly topic (if education focused). Could
be induction / orientation focused for students.
• Create up to 6 questions and choose 6 landmarks on your
route that you want the participants to follow.
• Local participants will need to produce a walking map.
• Create a short hashtag, such as #ADAN21Twalk
• Ask participants to take a photo to include in the Twitter
reply.
• Assign roles in the teams – Leader, Timekeeper and Scribe.

10. What other ways can
you think of using a a
Twalk?
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5 minutes

11. Let’s try a mini-
Twalk
• Q1 Find an object on your desk (or in the
room in you are in), how would you use it
on a desert island #ADAN21Twalk
• Q2 Find an object in another room in your
home that says something about you,
photograph it, saying what it is and why you
chose it. #ADAN21Twalk
• Q3 Go to a landmark and photograph it, or
think creatively to come up with a landmark
with household items, say what it is and
why you chose it. #ADAN21Twalk
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12. What did you think of
this session?
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5 minutes

13. Questions?
Thank you for listening
Santanu Vasant
@santanuvasant and @TalkingHEPod
#ADAN21Twalk
Santanu Vasant CC BY-NC 2.0

14. References
LTHEchat (n.d). Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Chat. Available: https://lthechat.com. Accessed
16th June 2021.
MELSIG (n.d.) Twalk Toolkit. Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group. Available here. Accessed 16th
June 2021.
Middleton, A., Rowell, C., Spiers, A., Vasant, S., Moscrop, C., and Waldock, J. (2017). ‘Walk this way: Reflections
on a #Twalk’. SocMedHE17, Sheffield Hallam University #SocMed17 conference, 19 December 2017
Middleton, A. (2019) Learning to Twalk: An Analysis of a New Learning Environment in Rowell, C., (2019) Social
Media in Higher Education: Case Studies, Reflections and Analysis. Open Publishers. Available here.
Vasant, S (2019). Academics’ Understanding of Learning Spaces: Attitudes, Practices and Outcomes Explored
through the Use of Social Media in Rowell, C., (2019) Social Media in Higher Education: Case Studies,
Reflections and Analysis. Open Publishers. Available here.