Twitter for Academia (v2) provides an overview of how Twitter can be embedded within academic practice as well as considerations when creating an online profile, developing a tweeting tyle and
1. Twitter can be used by academics to connect with colleagues, curate content, and promote their work.
2. The document provides guidance on setting up a Twitter profile, engaging in conversations, and strategies for using Twitter in teaching, research, and departments.
3. Effective Twitter use involves regularly tweeting relevant content, interacting with others, and expanding one's network over time through blogs, profiles, and growing followers.
Web 2.0 for_science_educators spr 2012Cathy Outten
Web 2.0 allows users to create and share dynamic content, moving from a "read only" web to an interactive "read and write" experience. It includes social media sites, blogs, wikis, video and photo sharing. Using these tools in education provides opportunities for students to collaborate, share information, and engage in constructivist learning. Educators should consider their objectives and appropriate tools to achieve them while balancing privacy and security issues. Examples of free Web 2.0 tools discussed are blogs, wikis, YouTube, social bookmarking, and social networking.
The document discusses using Web 2.0 tools in English language teaching. It first asks the reader to consider computers without hard disks and students collaborating online. It then defines some key features of Web 2.0, including timely social interaction and sharing of videos, photos, and information. Examples of Web 2.0 tools are given like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Wikipedia. Later sections discuss how Web 2.0 relates to Bloom's Taxonomy and lists useful tools for classrooms, such as YouTube, Docjax, and SlideShare for sharing videos, files and presentations.
The document lists and describes several tools for sharing and collaborating online. It provides information on the name, producer, purpose, features, file storage location, and URL for each tool. The tools included are wikis, social bookmarking, VoiceThread, revitalizing discussion boards, Jing, and Gmail Theatre. They allow users to edit, share, and organize ideas and content in different ways for collaboration and communication online.
This document provides an overview of a workshop on using social media for research and researcher development. The morning session will focus on integrating social media into academic research, including understanding what social media is and how different applications can be used in the research process while considering ethics. The afternoon session will discuss becoming a networked researcher and using tools like RSS feeds, social bookmarking, online networks, and sharing tools to collaborate and disseminate research. The workshop aims to illustrate how social media can support the research process and researcher development through participation, networking, and knowledge sharing.
This document introduces Wikispaces Campus, which allows for unlimited wikis united by central administration and shared settings/permissions. It also describes single wikis which provide individual web presences with their own pages, files, and members. The document promotes features like real-time monitoring, project-based assignments, and integrated social networking for Wikispaces Campus.
The document discusses blogging, including its history and evolution. It began as personal online diaries in the 1990s and became known as "blogs" or "weblogs" by the late 1990s. Today, blogs serve many purposes across society such as personal expression, business promotion, connecting with others, and publishing news. In education, blogs can be used professionally by researchers and educators to build profiles, share ideas, reflect on work, and connect with others. Blogs can also support student learning by enabling reflection. Popular blogging platforms include Blogger, WordPress, and a new University of Leeds platform. Regular posting, storytelling, interacting with readers, and emulating other blogs are tips for getting started.
Differentiating Instruction with Discovery Education Dorie Glynn
The document provides an overview of resources available from Discovery Education for differentiating instruction, including blogs, events, professional development opportunities, and social media channels. It also lists tools that can be integrated with Discovery Media like Thinglink, Blabberize, Voki, Tagxedo, Wordsift, Wordle, and Glogster Edu to further engage and differentiate for students. Resources are available for teachers, administrators, parents, and students.
1. Twitter can be used by academics to connect with colleagues, curate content, and promote their work.
2. The document provides guidance on setting up a Twitter profile, engaging in conversations, and strategies for using Twitter in teaching, research, and departments.
3. Effective Twitter use involves regularly tweeting relevant content, interacting with others, and expanding one's network over time through blogs, profiles, and growing followers.
Web 2.0 for_science_educators spr 2012Cathy Outten
Web 2.0 allows users to create and share dynamic content, moving from a "read only" web to an interactive "read and write" experience. It includes social media sites, blogs, wikis, video and photo sharing. Using these tools in education provides opportunities for students to collaborate, share information, and engage in constructivist learning. Educators should consider their objectives and appropriate tools to achieve them while balancing privacy and security issues. Examples of free Web 2.0 tools discussed are blogs, wikis, YouTube, social bookmarking, and social networking.
The document discusses using Web 2.0 tools in English language teaching. It first asks the reader to consider computers without hard disks and students collaborating online. It then defines some key features of Web 2.0, including timely social interaction and sharing of videos, photos, and information. Examples of Web 2.0 tools are given like Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and Wikipedia. Later sections discuss how Web 2.0 relates to Bloom's Taxonomy and lists useful tools for classrooms, such as YouTube, Docjax, and SlideShare for sharing videos, files and presentations.
The document lists and describes several tools for sharing and collaborating online. It provides information on the name, producer, purpose, features, file storage location, and URL for each tool. The tools included are wikis, social bookmarking, VoiceThread, revitalizing discussion boards, Jing, and Gmail Theatre. They allow users to edit, share, and organize ideas and content in different ways for collaboration and communication online.
This document provides an overview of a workshop on using social media for research and researcher development. The morning session will focus on integrating social media into academic research, including understanding what social media is and how different applications can be used in the research process while considering ethics. The afternoon session will discuss becoming a networked researcher and using tools like RSS feeds, social bookmarking, online networks, and sharing tools to collaborate and disseminate research. The workshop aims to illustrate how social media can support the research process and researcher development through participation, networking, and knowledge sharing.
This document introduces Wikispaces Campus, which allows for unlimited wikis united by central administration and shared settings/permissions. It also describes single wikis which provide individual web presences with their own pages, files, and members. The document promotes features like real-time monitoring, project-based assignments, and integrated social networking for Wikispaces Campus.
The document discusses blogging, including its history and evolution. It began as personal online diaries in the 1990s and became known as "blogs" or "weblogs" by the late 1990s. Today, blogs serve many purposes across society such as personal expression, business promotion, connecting with others, and publishing news. In education, blogs can be used professionally by researchers and educators to build profiles, share ideas, reflect on work, and connect with others. Blogs can also support student learning by enabling reflection. Popular blogging platforms include Blogger, WordPress, and a new University of Leeds platform. Regular posting, storytelling, interacting with readers, and emulating other blogs are tips for getting started.
Differentiating Instruction with Discovery Education Dorie Glynn
The document provides an overview of resources available from Discovery Education for differentiating instruction, including blogs, events, professional development opportunities, and social media channels. It also lists tools that can be integrated with Discovery Media like Thinglink, Blabberize, Voki, Tagxedo, Wordsift, Wordle, and Glogster Edu to further engage and differentiate for students. Resources are available for teachers, administrators, parents, and students.
The document introduces the Creative Media Test Kitchen, a place for collaborating, discovering, and experimenting with new media. It discusses the evolution of the web and learning theories for a digital age. Various online tools for social media, content creation, and collaboration are presented. Concerns about privacy and credibility on the web are addressed. The document encourages exploring and using these tools.
This document discusses using social media, specifically Twitter, for blended learning communities. It provides examples of how Twitter can be used like summarizing articles into tweets or collaborative writing. It also discusses how to build a Twitter community by finding people and topics to follow as well as sharing links and resources. Finally, it outlines other social media tools that can be used for communication, collaboration, and building online communities to support learning.
Hot off the (Word)press the value of BloggingGeoBlogs
Blogging can be a valuable tool for teachers to share ideas and experiences. The document discusses the history and basics of blogging, including how to get started with platforms like Blogger and WordPress. It also shares details about the author's experience blogging for over 15 years and maintaining multiple blogs, with tips on maintaining blogs regularly and not letting them become abandoned. The author encourages others to start their own blog and will help feature new teacher blogs on the Geographical Association's website.
A presentation given at North Carolina State University regarding how scientists, early in their careers, can take advantage of the online tools available today to build reputation, make his/her activities/data/opinions discoverable and how AltMetrics may impact them in the future.
This document provides a list of tools for searching social media content, people, locations, and images as well as tools for crowdsourcing, curating content, and verifying photos. It includes over 30 links to tools for searching tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos, LinkedIn profiles and more. The tools allow filtering searches by keyword, location, and other criteria.
This document discusses the history and evolution of blogging. It notes that Justin Hall was named the founding father of personal blogging in 1994. John Barger coined the term "weblog" to describe logging the web as he surfed. People blog for reasons such as seeking and reporting information, expressing opinions, participating in communities, and documenting daily life. Blogging evolved from personal diaries to conversational mechanisms. The introduction of blogrolls expanded communities of bloggers. Increased internet access contributed to blogging's growing popularity.
This document provides a summary of various web 2.0 tools for education including tools for digital storytelling, polling, timelines, photo editing, and professional development. It lists specific websites for creating animations, voice threads, blogs, glogs, comics, and more. Contact information is also provided for the author in case readers have additional questions.
This document provides an introduction to blogs, RSS feeds, and RSS readers. It defines blogs as web logs that provide commentary or news on a particular subject and often link to external sources. RSS feeds make blogs accessible in a feed format that can be read through RSS readers, which collect updates from multiple feeds in one place. The document recommends some popular RSS readers and explains how to add blog subscriptions. It notes that RSS can also be used to follow non-blog websites and provides tips on factors to consider when evaluating blogs.
This document discusses using online collaborative tools effectively for projects. It begins by outlining classic and postmodern project management stages. It then examines online project stages like finding resources and creating a useful tool for others. Various collaborative tools are presented, including social bookmarking sites like Delicious and Diigo for tagging and sharing bookmarks. Wikis, blogs, Facebook and LinkedIn groups are discussed as second and third stage tools. International legal wikis and Wex, Cornell's legal wiki, are provided as examples. Google Wave is mentioned as another wiki-like simultaneous collaboration tool still in beta. The document concludes by noting there are many wiki platform choices to consider.
Using Social Media to Enhance #TBI #ABI Research: A Skills-Based Workshop for...Melissa Brunner
This document summarizes a workshop on using social media to enhance traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. It discusses various social media platforms like blogs, Twitter, and discusses how the TBI research community uses hashtags on Twitter. It provides examples of personal stories tweeted about life with TBI and rehabilitation. The workshop encouraged researchers to develop social media skills to engage wider audiences and make research more accessible. Attendees participated in Twitter activities and learned how to maximize social media for research impact and engagement.
As part of a workshop series in Serbia July 2015 focused on "New Media, Practical Skills" I presented this discussion captured in this powerpoint. The original was created in Keynote.
The document discusses Web 2.0 tools and how they can enable knowledge sharing. It defines Web 2.0 as a way for user-generated content and participation through social networks and collaboration. It then provides examples of various Web 2.0 tools for sharing multimedia, blogging, microblogging, collaboration, and social networking. It concludes by listing "10 commandments of social media" and providing contact information for the authors.
Pageflakes and Netvibes allow users to aggregate multiple online information sources into a single personalized page. They provide widgets that can display news, calendars, bookmarks and other content. These platforms enable educators to create customized pages for sharing resources with students. Both tools give students the ability to develop their own personalized pages to organize course materials and other information relevant to their learning.
It is never too early, or too late in your scientific career to start to build a profile as a scientist. The web has revolutionized the manner by which we can represent ourselves online by providing us the ability to expose our data, experiences and skills online via blogs, wikis and other crowdsourcing venues. As a result it is possible to contribute to the community while developing a social profile as a scientist. While research scientists are primarily still measured by their contributions to science using the classical method of citation statistics a number of freely available online tools are now available for scientists to actively manage and develop their online profile. This is particularly important at a time when alternative measures of contributions to science are being developed – the so-called world of AltMetrics. This presentation will provide an overview of the myriad of tools available to you at any stage of your career. The workshop will take you outside of the world of Twitter and Facebook into the social networking tools for scientists. The workshop can be as interactive as you wish it to be so bring along your computer and hopefully during the presentation and discussions you are actively visiting, registering and seeing the value of the various sites in terms of enhancing your online profile. The resume of the future will likely be a summary of your activities online.
This document discusses how WordPress has become the most popular open-source content management system, surpassing other platforms like Drupal and Joomla. It attributes WordPress' success to factors like being open source, platform saturation, a strong ecosystem of themes and plugins, credibility from high profile users, support from Automattic, and a large community. The document also looks forward to what may come next for WordPress.
This document discusses various platforms and methods for web 2.0 storytelling, including blogs, microblogs, wikis, social photos and videos, podcasts, and social networks. It provides examples of individual and collaborative narrative works that utilize these platforms. The document also notes that many storytelling projects exist across multiple platforms and that the social aspects are based on where audiences congregate, not any single platform in isolation.
The document discusses various online tools that can be used for group projects, focusing on wikis. It provides an overview of wikis, their features, and how they are well-suited for collaboration. Specific wiki platforms like PBWorks and their interface and functionality are described. Tips for organizing wiki content and facilitating collaboration are also provided.
The document discusses blogs and their use in academic settings. It notes that blogs have changed media by allowing anyone to publish content and share different voices on topics. Blogs can be used for assignments and have advantages over traditional writing like allowing comments and lasting beyond a class. Writing for a blog may require additional organization but can incorporate multimedia. Academic integrity still applies when blogging and sources must be cited.
This document provides guidance on using Twitter for academic purposes. It discusses building a Twitter identity and profile, engaging in conversations, using Twitter for research, departments/colleges, libraries and museums, and in the classroom. Tips are provided on live tweeting conferences, auto-tweeting, backing up tweets, and developing a Twitter strategy and measuring impact. Overall, the document argues that if used effectively, Twitter can enhance academic activities through timely communication, engagement, and relationships.
The document provides an overview of social media and considerations for publishers. It discusses key platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and how they have evolved. It emphasizes listening to audiences, engaging communities through compelling content, and finding the right staff. Success requires understanding goals and audiences as well as risks around content moderation. Social media requires an ongoing commitment but can help readers find, distribute and interact with publisher content.
The document introduces the Creative Media Test Kitchen, a place for collaborating, discovering, and experimenting with new media. It discusses the evolution of the web and learning theories for a digital age. Various online tools for social media, content creation, and collaboration are presented. Concerns about privacy and credibility on the web are addressed. The document encourages exploring and using these tools.
This document discusses using social media, specifically Twitter, for blended learning communities. It provides examples of how Twitter can be used like summarizing articles into tweets or collaborative writing. It also discusses how to build a Twitter community by finding people and topics to follow as well as sharing links and resources. Finally, it outlines other social media tools that can be used for communication, collaboration, and building online communities to support learning.
Hot off the (Word)press the value of BloggingGeoBlogs
Blogging can be a valuable tool for teachers to share ideas and experiences. The document discusses the history and basics of blogging, including how to get started with platforms like Blogger and WordPress. It also shares details about the author's experience blogging for over 15 years and maintaining multiple blogs, with tips on maintaining blogs regularly and not letting them become abandoned. The author encourages others to start their own blog and will help feature new teacher blogs on the Geographical Association's website.
A presentation given at North Carolina State University regarding how scientists, early in their careers, can take advantage of the online tools available today to build reputation, make his/her activities/data/opinions discoverable and how AltMetrics may impact them in the future.
This document provides a list of tools for searching social media content, people, locations, and images as well as tools for crowdsourcing, curating content, and verifying photos. It includes over 30 links to tools for searching tweets, Facebook posts, Instagram photos, LinkedIn profiles and more. The tools allow filtering searches by keyword, location, and other criteria.
This document discusses the history and evolution of blogging. It notes that Justin Hall was named the founding father of personal blogging in 1994. John Barger coined the term "weblog" to describe logging the web as he surfed. People blog for reasons such as seeking and reporting information, expressing opinions, participating in communities, and documenting daily life. Blogging evolved from personal diaries to conversational mechanisms. The introduction of blogrolls expanded communities of bloggers. Increased internet access contributed to blogging's growing popularity.
This document provides a summary of various web 2.0 tools for education including tools for digital storytelling, polling, timelines, photo editing, and professional development. It lists specific websites for creating animations, voice threads, blogs, glogs, comics, and more. Contact information is also provided for the author in case readers have additional questions.
This document provides an introduction to blogs, RSS feeds, and RSS readers. It defines blogs as web logs that provide commentary or news on a particular subject and often link to external sources. RSS feeds make blogs accessible in a feed format that can be read through RSS readers, which collect updates from multiple feeds in one place. The document recommends some popular RSS readers and explains how to add blog subscriptions. It notes that RSS can also be used to follow non-blog websites and provides tips on factors to consider when evaluating blogs.
This document discusses using online collaborative tools effectively for projects. It begins by outlining classic and postmodern project management stages. It then examines online project stages like finding resources and creating a useful tool for others. Various collaborative tools are presented, including social bookmarking sites like Delicious and Diigo for tagging and sharing bookmarks. Wikis, blogs, Facebook and LinkedIn groups are discussed as second and third stage tools. International legal wikis and Wex, Cornell's legal wiki, are provided as examples. Google Wave is mentioned as another wiki-like simultaneous collaboration tool still in beta. The document concludes by noting there are many wiki platform choices to consider.
Using Social Media to Enhance #TBI #ABI Research: A Skills-Based Workshop for...Melissa Brunner
This document summarizes a workshop on using social media to enhance traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. It discusses various social media platforms like blogs, Twitter, and discusses how the TBI research community uses hashtags on Twitter. It provides examples of personal stories tweeted about life with TBI and rehabilitation. The workshop encouraged researchers to develop social media skills to engage wider audiences and make research more accessible. Attendees participated in Twitter activities and learned how to maximize social media for research impact and engagement.
As part of a workshop series in Serbia July 2015 focused on "New Media, Practical Skills" I presented this discussion captured in this powerpoint. The original was created in Keynote.
The document discusses Web 2.0 tools and how they can enable knowledge sharing. It defines Web 2.0 as a way for user-generated content and participation through social networks and collaboration. It then provides examples of various Web 2.0 tools for sharing multimedia, blogging, microblogging, collaboration, and social networking. It concludes by listing "10 commandments of social media" and providing contact information for the authors.
Pageflakes and Netvibes allow users to aggregate multiple online information sources into a single personalized page. They provide widgets that can display news, calendars, bookmarks and other content. These platforms enable educators to create customized pages for sharing resources with students. Both tools give students the ability to develop their own personalized pages to organize course materials and other information relevant to their learning.
It is never too early, or too late in your scientific career to start to build a profile as a scientist. The web has revolutionized the manner by which we can represent ourselves online by providing us the ability to expose our data, experiences and skills online via blogs, wikis and other crowdsourcing venues. As a result it is possible to contribute to the community while developing a social profile as a scientist. While research scientists are primarily still measured by their contributions to science using the classical method of citation statistics a number of freely available online tools are now available for scientists to actively manage and develop their online profile. This is particularly important at a time when alternative measures of contributions to science are being developed – the so-called world of AltMetrics. This presentation will provide an overview of the myriad of tools available to you at any stage of your career. The workshop will take you outside of the world of Twitter and Facebook into the social networking tools for scientists. The workshop can be as interactive as you wish it to be so bring along your computer and hopefully during the presentation and discussions you are actively visiting, registering and seeing the value of the various sites in terms of enhancing your online profile. The resume of the future will likely be a summary of your activities online.
This document discusses how WordPress has become the most popular open-source content management system, surpassing other platforms like Drupal and Joomla. It attributes WordPress' success to factors like being open source, platform saturation, a strong ecosystem of themes and plugins, credibility from high profile users, support from Automattic, and a large community. The document also looks forward to what may come next for WordPress.
This document discusses various platforms and methods for web 2.0 storytelling, including blogs, microblogs, wikis, social photos and videos, podcasts, and social networks. It provides examples of individual and collaborative narrative works that utilize these platforms. The document also notes that many storytelling projects exist across multiple platforms and that the social aspects are based on where audiences congregate, not any single platform in isolation.
The document discusses various online tools that can be used for group projects, focusing on wikis. It provides an overview of wikis, their features, and how they are well-suited for collaboration. Specific wiki platforms like PBWorks and their interface and functionality are described. Tips for organizing wiki content and facilitating collaboration are also provided.
The document discusses blogs and their use in academic settings. It notes that blogs have changed media by allowing anyone to publish content and share different voices on topics. Blogs can be used for assignments and have advantages over traditional writing like allowing comments and lasting beyond a class. Writing for a blog may require additional organization but can incorporate multimedia. Academic integrity still applies when blogging and sources must be cited.
This document provides guidance on using Twitter for academic purposes. It discusses building a Twitter identity and profile, engaging in conversations, using Twitter for research, departments/colleges, libraries and museums, and in the classroom. Tips are provided on live tweeting conferences, auto-tweeting, backing up tweets, and developing a Twitter strategy and measuring impact. Overall, the document argues that if used effectively, Twitter can enhance academic activities through timely communication, engagement, and relationships.
The document provides an overview of social media and considerations for publishers. It discusses key platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and how they have evolved. It emphasizes listening to audiences, engaging communities through compelling content, and finding the right staff. Success requires understanding goals and audiences as well as risks around content moderation. Social media requires an ongoing commitment but can help readers find, distribute and interact with publisher content.
Framing Your Research Network - kick off workshop #rmitecr Joyce Seitzinger
These were the slides used during the kick-off workshop for our 4 week course on Framing Your Research Network for Early Career Researchers at RMIT. Melbourne, August 2015.
These are the slides I presented at RWJ School of Medicine Grand Rounds, University Day when new faculty were inducted into the Master Educator's Guild.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
Web 2 and mobile tools for learning and researchtbirdcymru
The document discusses various web 2.0 and mobile tools that can be used for learning and research, including tools for networking, organizing references, collecting and curating research materials, collaborative writing, and disseminating work. It provides information on social networks, reference managers, online notebooks, blogs, and academic profiling platforms and encourages researchers to start using some of these tools.
Making researchers famous with social mediaMal Booth
Workshop presentation for UTS Research Week 2012
(Sometimes I really have no idea why I persist with Slideshare other than it being a free service. Again, the embedded hyperlinks have not been uploaded from the original document. This will present problems for the actual blogs linked on slide 11. I'll need to provide those links later. Sorry.)
This document discusses using social media for researchers. It defines social media as virtual communities for sharing information. It recommends maintaining a professional website and profiles on Google Scholar, LinkedIn, and communities for scientists. Short-form tools like Twitter and Facebook allow sharing thoughts and links. Long-form options include blogs, videos, and podcasts. Goals and intended audience should be defined before choosing platforms. Social media can benefit research through networking, disseminating work, and finding collaborations. Metrics help quantify impact and acceptance of online activities.
1. The document provides guidance on using Twitter for academic purposes, including getting started, profile setup, following others, curating content, engaging in conversations, and measuring impact.
2. It recommends starting by building traction through regular, relevant tweets and interactions with others, then building momentum through community management tools and linking social media with other activities.
3. The document also provides ideas for using Twitter in teaching, conferences, departments, libraries and museums, and suggests developing a three-step strategy focusing on building traction, momentum, and expansion.
"Pimp Up Your Stuff!": How To Exploit The Social Weblisbk
Using social web services like blogs, wikis, social networks and video sharing sites can help maximize access to an organization's resources, ideas and brand. These services allow engagement with potential audiences and monitoring how the organization is discussed online. An example is given of the Brooklyn Museum which uses services like blogs, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube very effectively. It is concluded that ignoring the potential of social media risks losing out to peers, and using these services can support an organization's mission.
Beyond the scientific article making your research social bec-a writing work...Simone Staiger-Rivas
This presentation was given as part of a seminar on the topic at the BecA 'technical/research paper writing' workshop, held in ILRI Addis campus, 15-18 November 2010. We also got the participants to try writing blog posts.
This document provides an overview of various social media tools that can benefit researchers, including communication tools like blogs, microblogging, and networking; collaboration tools like wikis and document sharing; and multimedia tools like photo and video sharing. It discusses how these tools can help with collaboration, disseminating work, networking and community building, contact and promotion. Examples are given of researchers using blogs, Twitter, SlideShare and LinkedIn to share work and build their professional networks. The document concludes by demonstrating some of these tools.
Dr. Anne Osterrieder discusses using social media as a researcher. She explains the principles of social media platforms like having a public profile and subscribers. She outlines how to use Twitter, including tweeting links, photos, and hashtags to collect information on topics. Dr. Osterrieder recommends connecting with others by following interesting people and lists, as well as consuming, curating, and creating your own content. She stresses imagining your audience and learning to use social media effectively.
In this talk (60th ICREA Colloquium, 11/03/2014) I summarised the benefits which can be gained from use of social media (specially blogs and Twitter) to support research activities. According to some authors there is evidence that using social media can be really beneficial to increase the impact of research papers, get new information, engage with fellow researchers and meet new collaborators, among others utilities. So I provided examples of blogs, Twitter and other resources as tools for scientific communication, as well as discussed their implications for digital scholarship.
This document provides an overview of various social media tools that can benefit researchers, including communication tools like blogs, microblogging, and networking sites. It also discusses collaboration tools like wikis and document sharing as well as multimedia tools for sharing photos, videos, and presentations. The key benefits highlighted are collaboration with colleagues, promoting your work, disseminating information and research products, networking and community building, and saving time by having an online presence. Examples are given of researchers who actively use blogs, Twitter, LinkedIn and SlideShare to advance their work.
Session Agenda: Open Learning FrameworksMike Bogle
This is a rough agenda for a session I'm facilitating tomorrow at the Technology in Learning & Teaching Unconference being hosted by Macquarie University and the Islands of Jokaydia in Secondlife.
Details of the unconference: http://mquncon09.pbworks.com/
The document provides an overview of social media and how to use RSS feeds and Twitter. It defines RSS feeds and how to add feeds to Google Reader to subscribe to topics of interest. It also defines Twitter, explains key Twitter terminology like retweets, mentions, and hashtags, and how to follow others and engage on Twitter. The document encourages using social media to stay informed in your field and engage with others in the Conestoga community.
Twitter tactics to increase engagement at your eventKate Lindsay
Slides from my #OxEngage 2016 lunchtime talk, Academic IT Services, University of Oxford.
For delegates and organizers alike, the presence of Twitter and live-tweeting has become a fixture at most conferences, events, webinars, and even lectures. This lunchtime talk looked at how we can capitalise on this, and make sure everyone gets the most out of using Twitter during academic events.
1. Twitter is a microblogging platform composed of 140-character messages ("tweets") answering the question "what's happening?".
2. Museums can take different approaches to their Twitter identity, including representing individual staff, the whole organization, or a character.
3. Content is key for museums on Twitter - they should share events, activities, videos, behind-the-scenes information, and get creative to build traction and momentum over time through regular engagement and interaction.
Online Presence: Developing your online presence Kate Lindsay
This document provides strategies for developing an online presence, including determining objectives, choosing target audiences, creating and sharing content, managing time, and measuring impact. It recommends knowing your objectives and making them measurable, monitoring your community, selecting topics and media for sharing, keeping content updated across profiles, and revisiting objectives regularly to evaluate impact using analytics and metrics.
WW1 in the Classroom: University of Oxford Digital ResourcesKate Lindsay
The document summarizes digital projects from the University of Oxford related to World War 1. It describes resources like drafts of poems by Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, correspondence, photographs, and service records that provide new perspectives on the war. It highlights tools for exploring timelines and creating paths through the materials. The goal is to represent the digital content about WWI in innovative ways and use open resources to further academic discussion.
Oxford’s Digital Projects: Rethinking the First World War (or 'can technolog...Kate Lindsay
This document discusses using digital tools and open educational resources to rethink how the First World War is studied and commemorated. It describes several Oxford University projects that aim to collect, create and remix open content about the war to engage a broader audience and seed new academic discussions. These projects include an open resource library, a crowdsourced Twitter archive of the Battle of Arras, an open collaborative blog, and tools to remix digital content about the war in innovative ways. The goal is to use technology to move beyond traditional approaches and advance understanding of this global conflict.
Collaborative histories and community contributed collections: reappraising ...Kate Lindsay
This document discusses using digital technologies and open licensing to transform learning about World War 1 through collaborative efforts between communities and academics. It explores using crowdsourcing to build openly accessible online archives and engaging the public on social media to commemorate historical events. While new approaches can exploit public interest, the author questions if this will truly move understanding beyond entrenched views or just be a fragmented discussion.
World War One: Continuations and Beginnings Kate Lindsay
This project aims to create Open Educational Resources (OERs) about World War 1 using a range of international content from both the UK and other countries. The OERs will be developed into learning materials across disciplines and embedded into teaching. Lessons learned from developing and using the OERs will be captured and shared.
Web usability in practice: a case study from the First World War Poetry Digit...Kate Lindsay
This presentation goes through the background to the First World War Poetry Digital Archive, then proceeds to outline how a variety of different user engagement strategies informed the development and the sustainability of the web site.
The Microsoft 365 Migration Tutorial For Beginner.pptxoperationspcvita
This presentation will help you understand the power of Microsoft 365. However, we have mentioned every productivity app included in Office 365. Additionally, we have suggested the migration situation related to Office 365 and how we can help you.
You can also read: https://www.systoolsgroup.com/updates/office-365-tenant-to-tenant-migration-step-by-step-complete-guide/
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Essentials of Automations: Exploring Attributes & Automation ParametersSafe Software
Building automations in FME Flow can save time, money, and help businesses scale by eliminating data silos and providing data to stakeholders in real-time. One essential component to orchestrating complex automations is the use of attributes & automation parameters (both formerly known as “keys”). In fact, it’s unlikely you’ll ever build an Automation without using these components, but what exactly are they?
Attributes & automation parameters enable the automation author to pass data values from one automation component to the next. During this webinar, our FME Flow Specialists will cover leveraging the three types of these output attributes & parameters in FME Flow: Event, Custom, and Automation. As a bonus, they’ll also be making use of the Split-Merge Block functionality.
You’ll leave this webinar with a better understanding of how to maximize the potential of automations by making use of attributes & automation parameters, with the ultimate goal of setting your enterprise integration workflows up on autopilot.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
zkStudyClub - LatticeFold: A Lattice-based Folding Scheme and its Application...Alex Pruden
Folding is a recent technique for building efficient recursive SNARKs. Several elegant folding protocols have been proposed, such as Nova, Supernova, Hypernova, Protostar, and others. However, all of them rely on an additively homomorphic commitment scheme based on discrete log, and are therefore not post-quantum secure. In this work we present LatticeFold, the first lattice-based folding protocol based on the Module SIS problem. This folding protocol naturally leads to an efficient recursive lattice-based SNARK and an efficient PCD scheme. LatticeFold supports folding low-degree relations, such as R1CS, as well as high-degree relations, such as CCS. The key challenge is to construct a secure folding protocol that works with the Ajtai commitment scheme. The difficulty, is ensuring that extracted witnesses are low norm through many rounds of folding. We present a novel technique using the sumcheck protocol to ensure that extracted witnesses are always low norm no matter how many rounds of folding are used. Our evaluation of the final proof system suggests that it is as performant as Hypernova, while providing post-quantum security.
Paper Link: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/257
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
What is an RPA CoE? Session 1 – CoE VisionDianaGray10
In the first session, we will review the organization's vision and how this has an impact on the COE Structure.
Topics covered:
• The role of a steering committee
• How do the organization’s priorities determine CoE Structure?
Speaker:
Chris Bolin, Senior Intelligent Automation Architect Anika Systems
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
11. WHAT DO YOU NEED YOUR ONLINE
PRESENCE TO DO?
What aspect(s) of yourself/work do you want to
promote?
Who is/are your audience(s)?
What purpose do you want to achieve?
What value is there for your audience?
What kind of information do you want to exchange?
What tensions / conflict might your encounter?
33. TWITTER FOR
RESEARCHERS
• Tweet your work (and link to open
full / summary versions of
publications)
• Tweet other‟s work
• Ask questions
• Crowdsource data
• Reach out to external audiences
34. TWITTER IN TEACHING
• Create a course hashtag
• Ask students to identify key points of a
lecture in 140 characters, display and
discuss.
• Hold a „Tweetorial‟ (c. @MarcusduSautoy)
• Tweet links to interesting
articles, blogs, etc.
• Live tweet conferences / events
• Curate Lists
• 100 ways to use Twitter in Education
35. THE ACADEMIC
CONFERENCE
• Use the conference hashtag
• Introduce each session/talk
• Boil statements down to main point
• Link to speaker resources
• Any questions?
http://inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2010/05/13/how-to-live-
tweet-a-conference/
http://jeffhurtblog.com/2011/04/25/ten-tips-for-successful-
conference-tweeting/
36. USING TWITTER IN
DEPARTMENTS / COLLEGES
• Tweet outside speakers and events
• Tweet news to students
• Foster internal comms
• Connect with alumni
37. TWITTER FOR UNIVERSITY
LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
• Tweet events and activities
• Tweet something we can‟t find on
your homepage
• Gather user/visitor feedback
• Customer service
• Create a daily/weekly feature
• Get creative!
40. 1. BUILD TRACTION (BUT MANAGE YOUR
TIME)
Tweet regularly Spread your
(but don’t time – consider Make it relevant
overload) ‘opening hours’
Don’t just
Make it Offer something
broadcast –
shareable of yourself
interact
Build your
network
41. 2. BUILD MOMENTUM
Manage
with tools
Mix with
the
physical
world
Enhance
existing
relationships
45. Growth of
followers
Keep
Number of
Googling
interactions
yourself
The
Names of
Impact Blog
File
useful
analytics
contacts
Number of Website
invites analytics
46. SUMMARY IN 3
•Twitter is a conversation
•Social media is a channel – it‟s the
content that‟s important!
•Relationships take time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYP-wBaqQAI
Structure of the presentationBriefly look at what Twitter is and how it can be used as part of your social media strategyWe won’t look at how to use twitter in great detail but rather ways of presenting yourself and building that presence on twitter to get the most value from itWe’ll then move onto look at how Twitter can be used for specific academic activities
I manage 3 Twitter accounts – tweet me your questions!
Twitter, the micro-blogging online social networking service has been in existence since 2006. It allows users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, known as “tweets”.It’s not always easy to see the value in answering this simple question, especially in an environment where we are used to explaining complex ideas in 5000 word journal articles or 80 000 word books. See: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=417878#.TqllpIsFMCY.twitterJapanese Earthquake 11th March. 0.05% > 12% Twitter Traffice, 1200 tweets per minute from Japan- Device-agnostic- Real-time - Everything is immediate and everything is relevant now.A Social network (you don’t have to listen to the noise of the world, just what the people you are interested in are saying)It’s public Then I heard a presentation at a small conference on how a group of PhD students were using Twritter and it convinced me that perhaps it was worth giving Twitter a try.I have been using it for over three years now and watched how it has started to become visible in more and more academic activies,
When Twitter emerged in 2006 I thought it represented the apex of what concerns me about internet technology- Narcissism - Sound-bite communication Excuse not to dedicate ‘real’ time to conversation or ‘real’ peopleIt seemed everyone just talked about what they had for Breakfast.
Twitter stinks on the surface - tweets don’t last long, people are on their sporadically, it falls over when too many people in the world are trying to tweet. There is a lot of information on there about what people had for breakfast and the other mundane aspects of daily life.It’s not all about what Lady Gaga had for breakfast, time wasting or for hip juveniles…it’s an incredibly valuable resource for academics. If you’re allowing inaccurate stereotypes to deter you, you’re missing out. It works because it does something very small, very well……
Social media use at Oxford has grown enormously in the past couple of years. Departments, colleges and services are increasingly using platforms such as Twitter to tell the university's story, and to directly engage with students and alumni, hold conversations, answer their questions and re-post their content. Oxford has over 120 accounts (risen from 80 in November)It’s ok to be just as passive user, many people are. But this is an important shift in the way that we communicate – to not be part of the conversation is to ignore those you may be seeking to engage.
If your tweets are valuable to you, archive themTwapper Keeper online tool that lets you archive tweets based on a hastag or person accountThe Archivist is a Windows application that helps you archive tweets for later data-mining and analysis. Start a search with The Archivist and get as many results as it can. The, leave The Archivist running and it will poll Twitter for that search. Twistory lets you back up tweets to your calandarand browse through your personal Twitter diary,See: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_to_archive_your_tweets.php
The term ‘media’ makes you think ‘push’ or ‘broadcast’ - think of it as a conversationSocial Media isn’t a successful, it’s the content that’s a successful and social media is the channel for it. Social media does not change the fact that relationships take time.
Before you jump into using twitter it’s a good idea to think about the plethora of social media tools that are available to you and if Twitter is the right tool to start with.Do you simply want to Broadcast information, use it as a marketing tool?Do you want to engage in conversation?Make connections?Publish openly?Think about who it is you want to engage with. What online spaces are they moving in?When it comes to choosing what social media you should use, you have too many choices. Choose one as your basic platform and grow from this.
The biggest point of overlap between the Big 4 is in sharing news and other content online. Each site provides a mechanism for sharing the latest headlines with your friends and colleagues. Facebook – is the biggest, but highly personal in nature. It’s generally a place where you share content with your friends, some of that content may be things you wouldn’t share with anyone else.Twitter benefits from immediacy and simplicity. It’s network is growing faster than facebook. It is considered a public place. If you want the world to know about something you go to Twitter.LinkedIn’s niche is it’s business focus, it’s like your virtual business card holder, supplying your own and collecting others. Content is related to your professional status.Google+ was one of the hottest things in September 2010 when it went public it hit 13.4million hits alone, but there has been a massive backlash with people using it less and less. It’s unlikely to topple Facebook like Facebook did MySpace. But don’’t discount Google - it remains the most-visited site on the Web and it has been said ‘the best is yet to come’…..http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/101711-sean-parker-google-unlikely-to-252068.htmlSee: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/102111-tech-argument-google-facebook-twitter-linnkedin-252279.html----- Meeting Notes (09/11/2011 12:10) -----Google+ 13.5 million views in sept 2010Unlikely to topple fb
What aspects of your work/self do you want to promote?Who is/are your audiences(s)?What kind of information do you want to exchange?What tensions / conflict might you encounter?
Keep your username fairly short and avoid numbers or underlines: you want others to be able to remember it and type it easily. You can be anonymous if you wish, but I’d not recommend it: you are more likely to have interesting interactions with others if they know who you are. A brief description of what you do and what your interests are will help kindred spirits discover you.Do put up a picture, but if you would rather it not of yourself make it something symbolic
Able to tie a face and a name to the account to help build a community around it. All of the tweets coming out will still be about the organisation, with the exception of a few spice of life tweets to add some flair and personality. However, it will still be very clear that the person tweeting is doing so on behalf of the organisation and that’s their reason for being there. It is in no way seen as a personal Twitter account.
Difference between being a representative from a department or college tweeting on their behalf and being a project/organizationon twitter. Here’s no employee or real personality publicly tied to the account in any way. The focus is on promoting news, blog posts, services etc. It’s not on building genuine relationships with people. Everything that is done is done from the perspective of TheOrganisation.
Creative tweeting! Character-based accounts have the tweeter posting from the voice, perspective and insight of an object/animal/plant/whatever. Everything is done through that character and the tweeter never breaks that character. It may sound silly, but we’re actually seeing a lot more organisations take this approach as they look for a way to stand out and connect with customers. If you do it right, it’s often ingenious. If you don’t, well, you just look silly.
Creative tweeting! Character-based accounts have the tweeter posting from the voice, perspective and insight of an object/animal/plant/whatever. Everything is done through that character and the tweeter never breaks that character. It may sound silly, but we’re actually seeing a lot more organisations take this approach as they look for a way to stand out and connect with customers. If you do it right, it’s often ingenious. If you don’t, well, you just look silly.
Following someone is kind of an endorsementTwitter some kind of sixth sense: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-07/st_thompson
Use a free text search for areas you are interested in and go from there
Follow the trails that Twitter provides for you
I suggest you start out by just identifying a few people that look interesting to follow, and see whether you enjoy the Twitter experience. If you are getting fed up of the Tweets of someone you are following you can stop following them.
Some pieces of software give you the functionality of randomly following up to 500 people a day, then dropping those who don’t follow you back. Or auto-following people who follow you without you having to do it yourself.With any business – whether it is commercial, academic or promoting yourself, people look for shortcuts and see everything as a numbers game – how many followers. Building actual relationships and conversations takes time, so why not automate it? This is not twitter etiquette. It’s not about how many followers you have but your engagement with them, one person at a time.
Whilst content is king, and good content will attract followers. Twitter is not just about pushing information, it’s about connecting with people and being part of a conversation, in Twitter’s case, a public conversation.
Good to throw in a banal tweetNot everything has to be epic. It’s the small things that help you get to know people.
Can work well if you already have a large followinghttp://joelcomm.com/fourteen-types-of-tweets.htmlhttp://www.epicpoker.com/news/blog-pages/2011/10/social-director-the-seven-types-of-tweets.aspxBritish Library / Stephen Fry / THEhttp://joelcomm.com/fourteen-types-of-tweets.htmlhttp://www.epicpoker.com/news/blog-pages/2011/10/social-director-the-seven-types-of-tweets.aspxBritish Library / Stephen Fry / THE
There is no point Tweeting unless you have the followers to tweet to. And one way to draw them in is to make them part of your tweets and talk directly to them. You may have direct things to say to other tweeters or you may want to reference them, you do this by using the @ symbol followed by username.There are two standard ways to retweet – adding “RT @Twittername” at the start of the tweet, and adding “via @Twittername” at the end of the tweet. Either is acceptable, but the latter takes up more valuable “character real estate” — it’s longer, so you can fit less into the retweet. It is acceptable to change spellings of words to make a retweet fit the character limit.You can also use Twitter’s built-in retweet button, but this is a newer feature has not been adopted by everyone, and it’s not the ideal way to retweet as it seems less “personal.” You can personalize retweets by adding a comment at the beginning or end.
Alert people to your presence and join in world wide conversations by using the hashtag – hash tags evolve
Alert people to your presence and join in world wide conversations by using the hashtag – hash tags evolve
For researchers Twitter is part of a digital presence/ personal learning networkContinual publishing across social media as well as journals can increase the size of an academic footprint.For tweeting to work well, always make sure that an open-web full version or summary of every publication, conference presentation or talk at an event is available online.#phdchat where a group of PhD students, academics and researchers ‘meet’ weekly on Twitter for an hour on Wednesdays between 19:30 and 20:30 to discuss research-related issues. The discussions are themed and you can suggest a topic by tweeting @NSRiazat. These twitter conversations have been so popular that participants now include postgraduate researchers and academics from around the world.Twitter provides many opportunities for ‘crowd sourcing’ research activities across the sciences, social sciences, history and literature – by getting people to help with gathering information, making observations, undertaking data analysis, transcribing and editing documents – all done just for the love of it. Some researchers have also used Twitter to help ‘crowdsource’ research funding from interested public bodies.See: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/29/twitter-guide/
Course twitter feed fed into WebLearnhttp://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/02/twitter-in-academics-this-prof-shows.htmlMarcus du Sautoy just delivered a 'tweetorial' about infinity, comparing the sizes of infinity, the infinity of whole numbers compared to the infinity of fractions between 1 and 2 and the infinity of square numbers compared to the infinity of all numbers etc.Now how can that be something you wouldn't want to see? The chance to directly question him about the content of his 'tweets' and receive an answer in minutes - brilliant!
How to live tweet a conference (either as a delegate or as a conference organiser).http://inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2010/05/13/how-to-live-tweet-a-conference/http://jeffhurtblog.com/2011/04/25/ten-tips-for-successful-conference-tweeting/
Departments have regular outside speakers and events going on. Twitter is great for alerting people to details of talks, seminars, guest lectures and parties. Add in tweets of highlights from people who are there and ‘the place to be’ factor is strengthened.Many large departments are sub-divided into groups that may not keep close tabs on what each bit is doing, or on developments in neighboring departments. Again, Twitter’s brevity and immediacy is great at fostering internal communication.A Twitter feed is also great for reaching students, PhD students, and part-time researchers, often the groups that are last to know about events they could attend.Don’t try to combine departmental administrative alerts (e.g. about essay or exam deadlines) into a single departmental Twitter stream. It is best to run those through separate teaching accounts.
Tweet what’s going on but don’t be spammy about it…..constantly telling people to visit you is belittling their ability to plan their day.Respond to people – show that this is an institution that is engaged with the community.Use tweets to drill down to content you wouldn’t normally find, give behind the scenes infoDaily/weekly feature – e.g. Smithsonian ‘name that artifact’ game
You may be tempted to use automation to keep a presence on Twitter when you are not around or so you do not have to dedicate time reguarly. Don’t.Twitter is a conversation. If you use a 3rd party to tweet for you when you are not around, it’s like send a mannequin to a conference in your place with a post-it note attached. It’s not authentic and it says you want people to listen to you but not vice versa. There is no such thing as automated engagement or programmeauthenticitty.It is a different story if the goal of your account is a feed of events/news and that is what people are following you for. The problem is when people think you are tweeting and you are not really there.
1. Moving from looking for new relationships to enhancing existing ones2. Start to mix social media and the real world, e.g. going to a conference or other event in your field, use twitter before, during and after the event to cement relationships3. Think about using your social media more effectively by using a desktop application such as tweetdeck or Hootsuite.See: http://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/371186/10-top-twitter-tools-suggested-pros
1. Moving from looking for new relationships to enhancing existing ones2. Start to mix social media and the real world, e.g. going to a conference or other event in your field, use twitter before, during and after the event to cement relationships3. Think about using your social media more effectively by using a desktop application such as tweetdeck or Hootsuite.See: http://socialmediatoday.com/leo-widrich/371186/10-top-twitter-tools-suggested-pros
If your tweets are valuable to you, archive themTwapper Keeper online tool that lets you archive tweets based on a hastag or person accountThe Archivist is a Windows application that helps you archive tweets for later data-mining and analysis. Start a search with The Archivist and get as many results as it can. The, leave The Archivist running and it will poll Twitter for that search. Twistory lets you back up tweets to your calandarand browse through your personal Twitter diary,See: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_ways_to_archive_your_tweets.php
Take your dialogue with followers to the next level and grow the relationship.Insert the ability to engage in your blog – a blog without engagement is called an article – interacting with the comment system changes a post from being something static to ecstatic.
Impact fileHow much do new "likes" and "follows" from this effort translate to meaningful contacts and engagement, follow our news and share their views and ideas with us?
But if we think of a role of academic work to engage with people, to spark conversations and debate, pull together specialists in a field to network we find the value of social media. Social media pulls insiders out, and allows outsiders in to organizations, so that they can create a more meaningful relationship between themselves and their academic work and communities.