what you should know about twitter

What you should know about Twitter…

Dr Anne Marie CunninghamAcademic Lead for eLearning

School of Medicine, Cardiff University@amcunningham

“determined not to be one of the sheep”

I’m no techno-evangelist…

TWO BIG TRENDS… NETWORKS AND OPEN

The rise of open?

OPEN

practice

data

gov

source

education

research

WHY DID I START TWEETING?

My first tweet…

isolation

My first blog post

“I want to link up with other people in medical and health sciences education so that we can learn together”

A famous tweeter?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegarfield/6426905021/

#ukmeded

#foamed

#twitfrg

#teamhaem

SO WHY ISN’T EVERYONE ON TWITTER?

Balancing Closed Openness

Learning

Sharing

Risk

Privacy

Safe

Identity

AnonymityPower

Control

Trust

Context

Networks are work too…

elephant in the room?How much time does this take? Who will value this activity?

…..we need network literacies.

Cooperation

CollaborationCoordination

We need to help students decide…

Real namesPseudonyms

ProtectedPublic

Where are we at on the Gartner Hype Cycle?

Image: Jeremy Kemp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gartner_Hype_Cycle.svg

Thank youAbout.me/amcunningham

@amcunningham

cunninghamam@cardiff.ac.uk

Questions?