Helen Blunden and Jeevan Joshi presented on using Twitter to build personal and professional learning networks. They discussed how Twitter can be used to stay up-to-date in your field, collaborate with others, and engage in learning. The presentation provided tips on getting started with Twitter, including following leaders in learning, participating in conversations using hashtags, and dipping your toes in the water. Examples were given of how Twitter can be integrated with learning management systems and used to support both classroom and online training.

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USING TWITTER TO MAKE
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT &
BLENDED LEARNING EFFECTIVE
Helen Blunden
Jeevan Joshi
Founder of
Activate Learning Solutions
Director Client Solutions –
Asia Pacific

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US
Australia
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165+
clients in
countries
Middle East
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Venezuela
Established
in 2004
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Bespoke
eLearning
Custom/Bespoke
mLearning
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learning
solutions
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Winner of a Silver award in CLO
magazine's 'Learning In Practice
Awards 2011' for UpsideLMS
UpsideLMS listed as one of
the 'Five Emerging LMSs to Watch'
in CLO Magazine ('10)
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by TrainingIndustry.com
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in Red Herring Global 100 ('09)
Winner in Deloitte’s Technology
Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2008 & 2009 program,
and Fast 50 India 2008 program
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Awards &
recognitions
Winner of
eLearning Team Of The Year
2013
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Helen Blunden
Jeevan Joshi
Director Client Solutions – Asia Pacific
Founder of Activate Learning Solutions
Presenters
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USING TWITTER TO BUILD A
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING NETWORK
My name is Helen
Blunden and I’m
@ActivateLearn
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WHAT DO YOU USE TWITTER FOR?
A POLL…
What do you mainly use Twitter for?
(Select one response)
What's Twitter? I don't use it.
Sharing, learning, connecting and networking
Having a whinge or sharing an opinion
Conversations with friends
Stalking celebrities
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WHAT DO YOU USE TWITTER FOR?
What’s Twitter? Sharing, Learning &
Connecting for
Networking
Having a whinge or
opinion
Conversations with
friends
Stalking Celebrities Lurk But Not Tweet
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TWITTER?
Write your
comments in the
box provided
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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TWITTER?
No-one is interested
in what I had for
breakfast!
It’s a waste of my
time!
It’s for young people!
I’ve got nothing to
say!
I don’t know anyone
on Twitter!
There’s no real
purpose for it
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The benefits of using Twitter as
the tool to create, build and grow
your own learning network
WHAT WE WILL COVER TODAY…
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12. 12 Graphic: Google Images – labelled for reuse
WHAT IS TWITTER…
Read More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter
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http://www.geek.com/geek-
cetera/social-media-explained-with-
donuts-1466613/
SOCIAL MEDIA EXPLAINED
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A COMMUNITY…
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A COMMUNITY…
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http://www.go-gulf.com/blog/2012/12/05/60-seconds-things-that-happen-on-internet-every-sixty-seconds-infographic
BUT WHY WOULD YOU NEED A NETWORK?
WELL CONSIDER WHAT HAPPENS ONLINE… IN A MINUTE
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17. Image by EmmiP JPEG URI: http://mrg.bz/KWk8tb
Is your reality is out of date?17

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In a world of increasingly rapid change, the half life of a given
skill is constantly shrinking, at around 5 years. So it’s going to
become a vital skill for everyone in this new world of flows, to
stay on top of all the new knowledge and skills relevant to
today’s employment market place.
Jane Hart, Learning in the Social Workplace (@C4LPT)
NETWORKS MAKE US....
ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNERS
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 Increase your capability
 Keep up-to-date in your field
 Build networks into new fields, areas, industries,
interests and passions
 Collaborate with others locally, nationally,
internationally
 Create value for your team and your organisation
 Engage with your work, increase your productivity
and become more creative and inspired
BENEFITS OF A NETWORK
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Graphic: Google Images – labelled for reuse
TWITTER GROWS YOUR NETWORK…BUT
YOU HAVE TO WORK AT IT
Networking,
not tweeting…
• Participate don’t lurk
• Contribute don’t shirk
• Share don’t hold
• Trust don’t fear
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My PLN
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PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME…
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVdHkjJVuxQ
WATCH THIS…(WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE)
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THE DIALOGUE…
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Image by debs http://www.flickr.com/photos/debschultz/528230215//
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WHO TO FOLLOW?
What if they find
out what I write?
What if what I
write online is
misconstrued?
Will I lose my
job?
Should I use
another name?
Another profile?
How do I
explain this to
my boss?
My colleagues
think this is
geek stuff
ARE YOU AFRAID?
DON’T BE…

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 Open a Twitter account
 Follow leaders in learning and then see who
they follow
 Join in on the conversation
 Participate in a Tweet Chat
 #OzLearn: 2nd Tuesday of every month at 8pm
 #Lrnchat: Every Friday at midday
DIP YOUR TOES IN THE WATER
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 Twitter for Professional Development
 Using Yammer in Learning
 Blogging for Professional Development
 Content Curation & Tools
WORKSHOPS ON OFFER FOR YOUR
LEARNING TEAMS…
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FIND ME ON MY WEBSITE
Website and Blog:
www.activatelearning.com.au
Phone:
0438 884 730
Email:
helen.blunden@activatelearning.com.au
Twitter:
@ActivateLearn
About Me:
http://about.me/helenblunden
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 645,750,000
Total number of active
registered Twitter users
 135,000
Number of new Twitter
users signing up
everyday
TWITTER – SCALE & SIZE
Copyright Marisa Allegra Williams (@marisa) for Twitter, Inc.
@UpsideLearning
10, 500 tweets
5413 Following
7575 Followers
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 58 million
Average number of
tweets per day
 9,100
Number of tweets every
second
 40%
of Twitters who don’t
tweet but watch other
people tweet
TWITTER – SCALE & SIZE
Copyright Aaron Durand (@everydaydude) for Twitter, Inc.
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TWITTER IN BUSINESS
56.9K5.85 M
Marketing Sales
Customer Service Employee Comms
Learning
Innovation Project Work
Customers Partners Employees
Partner Training,
Comms
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EMPLOYEE USE OF WEB 2.0
Business and Web 2.0:McKinsey 2013
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UPSIDE LMS – DESIGNED FOR SOCIAL
LEARNING
 Integration with Live
Twitter
 Internal Microblogging
 Friends & followers
concept
 Photos and videos
sharing and rating
 Blog
 My RSS Feeds
 Integration with Wiki
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EMPLOYEE USE OF WEB 2.0
Business and Web 2.0:McKinsey 2013
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UPSIDE LMS – RECOGNISED FOR SOCIAL
2 Golds for Blended or
Informal Learning
3 Silvers for Social
Learning Technology
2 Silvers for Learning
Management Technology for
SMBs
1 Gold for Compliance
Training
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TWITTER FOR LEARNING
PORTAL
HR OR TALENT SYSTEM
LMS
ONLINE
COURSE
ONLINE
COURSE
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UPSIDE LMS – DESIGNED FOR TWITTER
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IMPLEMENTING SOCIAL LEARNING
Governance & Expectations
Content Curation
Quantity + Quality
Community Management
Flow + Value Add
LMS
Course
Cohort
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USER CASE 1 – CLASS ROOM TRAINING
Classroom Training
Pre
Classroom
Activities
Post
Classroom
Activities
Perf
Support
Where can you use Twitter &/or Microblogging ?
Use Chat Box
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USER CASE 1 – CLASS ROOM TRAINING
Classroom Training
Pre
Classroom
Activities
Post
Classroom
Activities
Perf
Support
•Requirements
gathering
•Course logistics
•Pre Reading
•Gather comments &
insights
•External resources
•Feedback
•Reinforce key
learning
•Feedback
•Reinforce key
learning
•New resources
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USER CASE 2 – ONLINE TRAINING
Online Training
Post
Classroom
Activities
Perf
Support
Where can you use Twitter &/or Microblogging ?
Use Chat Box
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