This document discusses how people are using Twitter during conferences. It explores different types of conference attendees who use Twitter, including daily chatterers, communicators, reporters and exchangers. The document also outlines some of Twitter's core features like 140 character tweets, followers, hashtags and retweets. It examines whether Twitter can be a useful tool for communities to share ideas and information during events. Some benefits noted are being able to discuss things more deeply than speakers and get answers to questions within minutes from the Twitter community. Potential drawbacks discussed are that Twitter can be distracting and cause people to pay less attention at conferences.

1. How People are using Twitter
during Conferences
Martin Ebner

3. Technology enhanced Learning
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4. Mobile Learning?
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5. „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

6. Is microblogging a possibility for a specific
community to exchange ideas, interests and
information?
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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
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8. Different kind of people
using microblogs
Templeton, 2008
Java et al, 2007
Exchanger
Communicator
Daily Chatter Reporter
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9. http://www.jaiku.com
http://www.twitter.com
http://www.plurk.com
http://identi.ca/
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10. What can you do on
Twitter?
- 140 character
- from mobile, client or web interface
- Followers
- Direct messages
- @Replies and Retweets
- #Hashtags
- Open API
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11. btw, thanks for the last
slide to ...

13. Twitter ok, but
what is the power
behind?
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14. Question to the
community

17. ... and i got their answers
within 7 minutes

18. It is about a communication,
collaboration, social networking
- in a very, very new way
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20. before
during
after
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21. Twitter stream at
conference (ED - Media 08)

22. Research Question:
Who is using Twitter at conferences
and why?

23. Question: Role of respondents at conferences

24. Question: Respondents actively tweeted during conferences

25. Question: Purposes of using Twitter by attendes

26. „in the background we
discussed things more
deeply than the guys on the
stage“
versus
„Twitter can be distracting -
you pay less attention“
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27. Microblogging as potential
for the future
- if we see it as a new
communication channel ...
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28. ... maybe also between
monsters

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