‘with a little help from my followers’ facilitating the #lthechat - #socmedhe16

‘With a little help from my followers’ Facilitating the #LTHEChat

#SocMedHE16Presenters: Deb Baff, Chris Rowell, Chris Jobling, Neil Withnell, Sue Beckingham,

Ian Tindal (virtually)

What is #LTHEchat?

The #LTHEchat, created by the community for the community, is a collaborative project on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

via tweetchats.

What is a Tweetchat?

A tweetchat is a virtual meeting or gathering on Twitter to discuss a common topic. The chat lasts one hour and has questions to stimulate discussion. Each week a different theme relating to

learning and teaching provides the focus.

Screencast extract from Tweetchat 68

http://youtube.com/v/meG45lrBqUw

Visualising #LTHEchat 66

Weds 9:00 am


Weds 6:00 pm


Weds 7:41 pm


Weds 8:00 pm - start


Weds 8:10 pm - Q1


Weds 8:20 pm - Q3


Weds 8:30 pm - Q4


Weds 8:40 pm - Q5


Weds: 8:50 pm - Q6


Weds: 9:00 pm

Some Stats

Explore Data

http://hawksey.info/tagsexplorer/?key=1iesOoTPMOrcy3IhAOBtiKkKzsrSr2RvXUGkePFv0-1c&gid=400689247

Chris Jobling

118 people tweeted in total.

Five cycles of value creation1. Immediate: answering/being answered.

The #LTHEchat has created synchronous, Twitter activity. The discussion is right when you want it and, when a link is shared to a blog or article, the depth and breadth of shared knowledge increases.

2. Potential: gaining skills/knowledge/connections which we may call upon in future. The #LTHEchat provides a fertile ground for sharing learning experiences and forms collaborative working relationships.

3. Applied: taking something and applying to practice. Every conversation is applied to the HE context.

Five cycles of value creation4. Realised: reflecting on new implementations. The chats allowed for the sharing of reflective practice in an open forum.

5. Reframing: in light of value gained, how does that impact on our view of success. While this is less easy to measure, the #LTHEchat has impacted on practitioners thinking about T&L.

Wenger, Traynor and De Laat (2011)

Our research Quantitative Online Survey n=61

Further Study ...

Qualitative Structured Interviews

3 so far but still in progress !

Sue Beckingham

Just what we need!

Chris Jobling

i assume Debbie made this but I can't work out how! Do we need to make the rest of the quantitative results into slides?

Debbie Baff

Hiya yes I did this - I'm not convinced we need all the various bits and bobs that they provide on the summary for the slide deck but can certainly include some more ? Any particular ones ?

Debbie Baff

I've added a few more - do we want any more ? We also need to make the data set available but I'm not sure how to do this ? Any ideas

Chris Jobling

Publish the link to the summary: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1D23LNPbq8otMKrttfKi1cofWBnpPMbPPJlDjGhJhtdg/viewanalytics :Or even the data:.I'd make the sharing view only first though.

Debbie Baff

Thanks Chris - what about the fact that peoplehave put their contact details on there though ? can we take that out perhaps ? if so how

Chris Jobling

Create a new copy of the spreadsheet, delete the contact details from the copy and share the read read link.

Chris Jobling

No, that doesn't quite work!The summary data gets lost.However, it can be recovered with the explore tool.Try making the original sheet read only. Then hiding the contact details.

Chris Jobling

Hmmm. Trickier that I thought.

Community and MotivationWho, What and Why ! Many different backgrounds … Participation is as often as people can - Not everyone takes part every week though and pattern of contribution may also change.

How do people participate ?Although quite a few (46%) answer all the questions, Most people (57%) ‘Dip in and Answer some questions’ with nearly 15% who mostly ‘Listening’ and 25% who mostly catch up via the storify...

Storify Catch Ups ...“it is a good example of how to use Storify, it features riveting discussion about relevant things. Therefore shattering the misconception amongst some folks that social media is not productive.” #LTHEchat Survey Respondent

CPD ? What do people take away?

Exposure to New Ideas

Encourages Reflection

Community Of Practice Helps with Confidence

Inspired by Enthusiasm of Group

Interaction

Opens my mind

Networking

Cutting Edge Topics and Sharing of Knowledge

Our research: Participants

It is an amazing

network that has

really enriched

my personal and

professional

network

Its nice to contribute knowledge and share

it makes me feel part of a wider community

The chat has led to new cross-institution collaborations

#LTHEchat has given me a lot of confidence in my teaching and learning.

I enjoy the spontaneous learning that can happen through the encounters during an #LTHEchat

A social-professional space to connect with like-minded people, share best practice, stimulate ideas and challenge thinking in T&L

https://twitter.com/hashtag/LTHEchat?src=hash

Little Gems ...

#LTHEChat has led to collaboration !

An agent for change (dispelling myths)

One of the highlights of my week !

Beyond the Chat ..Wider Sharing of PracticeBloggingBlogging

BloggingTrying Out Ideas

Stimulating F2F Chats

Share on Other Platforms

Circulate Links

Retweet

Collaboration

Our research: Organisers

"In what ways has #LTHEchat impacted on your own professional development?"

AcknowledgementsLTHEchat Steering Group: Chrissi Nerantzi, Sue Beckingham, David Walker, Peter Reed

Organising Team Members:

Oct 2014 - June 2015: Chrissi Nerantzi, Sue Beckingham, David Walker and Peter Reed.

Sept 2015 - December 2015: Jenny Fisher, Neil Withnell and Chris Rowell

January 2016 - March 2016: Stephen Powell, Ian Tindal and Chris Jobling

April 2016 - June 2016: Debbie Baff, Chris Jobling and Kate Soper

Sept 2016 - December 2016: Hayley Atkinson, Isobel Gowers and Teresa MacKinnon

The #LTHEchat Community and Followers 2903 and counting !

LinksWeb Site

https://lthechat.com/

Latest Storify

https://storify.com/LTHEchat/lthechat-58487ac9634d285d078c2b37

#SocMedHE16 Abstract

http://goo.gl/Gbhq6s

https://lthechat.com/

https://storify.com/LTHEchat/lthechat-58487ac9634d285d078c2b37

http://goo.gl/Gbhq6s

ReferencesBeckingham, S. (2014). Introducing tweetchats using #LTHEchat as an exemplar. http://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/introducing-tweet-chats-using-lth-echat-as-an-exemplar Accessed 27th May 2016.

Hawksey, M. (2011) TAGSExplorer: Interactively visualising Twitter conversations archived from a Google Spreadsheet, MASHe.hawksey.info. [Updated March, 11 2011, cited December 7, 2016]. Available from: https://mashe.hawksey.info/2011/10/tagsexplorer-intro/. Accessed 8th December 2016.

Tindal, I. (2015) The online communities. https://sites.google.com/site/ultralabprojects/home/talking-heads/communities/presentation Accessed 27th May 2016.

Wenger, E., Trayner, B., & de Laat, M. (2011). Promoting and assessing value creation in communities and networks : a conceptual framework. Open Universiteit. http://wenger-trayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/11-04-Wenger_Trayner_DeLaat_Value_creation.pdf . Accessed 27th May 2016.

Wenger, E., Lave, J. Lave, J. & Wenger, E. (2002) Legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice. Eds Julia Clarke and Anne Hanson in Supporting Lifelong Learning, Vol. 1: Perspectives on Learning: Learning and Teaching Vol I. London: Routledge.

http://www.slideshare.net/suebeckingham/introducing-tweet-chats-using-lth-echat-as-an-exemplar%20Accessed%2027th%20May%202016

https://mashe.hawksey.info/2011/10/tagsexplorer-intro/

https://sites.google.com/site/ultralabprojects/home/talking-heads/communities/presentation

http://wenger-trayner.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/11-04-Wenger_Trayner_DeLaat_Value_creation.pdf%20Accessed%2027th%20May%202016