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An Introduction to
Twitter
Joanna Stroud, e-Learning Officer
Division of Education
Session aims
Today you’ll find out:
• What Twitter is
• How it works
• How it can be useful in an educational context
Introductions
Where have you come from today?
What is Twitter?
Social network and
micro-blogging
service which allows
users to exchange
‘Tweets’.
LGEPR, WORLD’S FIRST DUAL-CORE SMARTPHONE, 04/11/10, Creative Commons licence.
Blogging
Social
networking
Twitter
Instant
messaging
What is Twitter?
People talking
about themselves
Somewhere I don’t
know anyone
I don’t get it
Social media adoption
ONS, 2013. http://goo.gl/SfwyEZ
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ All
Active users of
social networks
such as
Facebook and
Twitter
Social media adoption
Users spend almost 3 times as much of
their online time (22.5%) on social
networks as they do checking email
(7.6%).
Nielsen, 2012. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/
Twitter 15m accounts/10m
active UK users.
The Drum, 2013. http://goo.gl/XkPxRt
Why use it?
Why do you want to use Twitter?
Are you aware of any benefits/potential uses?
Why use it?
• Gather and share information
• Flexible, open conversations
• Off-campus engagement
• Interactivity and feedback
• Personalised learning
The Twitter interface
Time for a demo…

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An Introduction to Twitter

  • 1. An Introduction to Twitter Joanna Stroud, e-Learning Officer Division of Education
  • 2. Session aims Today you’ll find out: • What Twitter is • How it works • How it can be useful in an educational context
  • 3. Introductions Where have you come from today?
  • 4. What is Twitter? Social network and micro-blogging service which allows users to exchange ‘Tweets’. LGEPR, WORLD’S FIRST DUAL-CORE SMARTPHONE, 04/11/10, Creative Commons licence. Blogging Social networking Twitter Instant messaging
  • 5. What is Twitter? People talking about themselves Somewhere I don’t know anyone I don’t get it
  • 6. Social media adoption ONS, 2013. http://goo.gl/SfwyEZ 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 16-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ All Active users of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter
  • 7. Social media adoption Users spend almost 3 times as much of their online time (22.5%) on social networks as they do checking email (7.6%). Nielsen, 2012. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/ Twitter 15m accounts/10m active UK users. The Drum, 2013. http://goo.gl/XkPxRt
  • 8. Why use it? Why do you want to use Twitter? Are you aware of any benefits/potential uses?
  • 9. Why use it? • Gather and share information • Flexible, open conversations • Off-campus engagement • Interactivity and feedback • Personalised learning
  • 10. The Twitter interface Time for a demo…