ctd weekly workshops: building your personal learning network with twitter
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Building your personal learning network with Twitter Peter Newbury Center for Teaching Development, UCSD ctd.ucsd.edu 20 November 2013TRANSCRIPT
CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:
BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL
LEARNING NETWORK WITH
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development,
University of California, San Diego
[email protected] @polarisdotca
ctd.ucsd.edu #ctducsd
slides and resources: ctd.ucsd.edu/programs/fall-2013-weekly-workshops/
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
12:00 – 12:50 pm Center Hall, Room 316
New ideas…
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The very idea that there are online communities in
which you have digital identities is
new – when did you first see your name online?
rapidly changing with advancing web speed and
technology
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2. online
environment
3. how you
represent
yourself 4. how to
participate
1. benefits
1. Benefits to being on Twitter
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“backchannel” at conferences #stemca13
weekly chats #phdchat moderated by @NSRiazat
hashtags = keywords to
help others find your tweets #icanhazpdf
follow and contribute to a chat/topic #flipclass
connect to communities #altac #scicomm #highered
follow breaking news #washingtonil
connect with people like you
connect with people not like you: diversity is an asset
2. Online Environment
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…is a “networked public” with
multiple, overlapping global networks
always accessible
people, events, knowledge are visible, traceable, searchable
3. How to represent yourself
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Each of us have a digital identity which represents us in
the online environment.
Each of us leaves a digital footprint.
Context Collapse
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Context collapse is that moment when your networks
and identities overlap in unexpected ways, both good
and bad.
“The audience you’re speaking to is not the only
audience that’s hearing you”
Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart
Be aware that it will happen.
With foresight, the good greatly outweighs the bad.
4. How to participate
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blog
pinterest Google+
…and many, many others
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Twitter (twitter.com)
“water cooler”
the best street party you’ve ever been to
(Wordpress) blog (wordpress.com)
a place to archive your thinking
write it for yourself, share it, people will contribute back
blog
Good investment: Twitter + blog
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account
handle
avatar
name
bio
location
want more?
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account
following
tweets
followers
How to Tweet
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tweet
RT
RT w comment
@reply
DM
Accessing Twitter via twitter.com
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Accessing Twitter via twitter.com
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Accessing Twitter via Twitter App
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Accessing Twitter: Option 2
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1. create lists of people
2. use software to browse lists
desktop: Tweetdeck
smartphone: Hootsuite
Twitter lists
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Benefits to being online
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When you’re online, you can be a
It takes time, motivation, dedication to build and
maintain a personal learning network.
The investment is worth it.
learner teacher leader follower
contributor consumer
mentor mentee expert novice
supportive vulnerable