Introduction to twitter - session for colleagues in the school of health science

Introduction to

… by @Reedyreedles

Peter ReedLecturer (Learning Technology)

Institute for Learning & Teaching

Any Active Tweeters?

Why? What do you want from today?

Today

What is Twitter?

Terminology

Why use it?

Who uses it?

How can I use it?

What is Twitter?

Micro blog

140 Character limit

Follow / Be Followed

Additional Functionalities

Making Connections

Your Friends & Family

People with Shared Interests

People you’d like to know

Static or ‘On the Go’

As a News Service?

Brand Engagement

http://www.nestivity.com/the-top-25-most-engaged-brands-on-twitter-today/

Brand Engagment

And Customer Services

And Customer Services

Twitter @

Ideas?

Some ‘Official’ Accounts

Some ‘Official’ Accounts

Some ‘Official’ Accounts

Theoretical UnderpinningChickering & Gamson’s (1999) Good Practice in Undergraduate Education

1. Encourages student-faculty contact2. Encourages cooperation among students3. Encourages active learning4. Gives prompt feedback5. Emphasizes time on task6. Communicates high expectations 7. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning

Research Suggests….

Lots of positivity around use of Twitter in edu.

“Twitter helped students feel more comfortable asking questions they may not be comfortable

with asking in class”.Junco (2011)

Research Suggests….

Downfalls?

So we’ve seen examples of Twitter to support customer services and teaching & learning.

Can you see any downfalls or cautions to using Twitter?

Downfalls?

Students might expect 24/7 support

What about Professional Identity of students, individual staff and corporate accounts?

Recognise?

Think…

Don’t be scared by the downfalls.

Just think about how you use Twitter and present yourself/department.

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1. Attention2. Filtering3. Participation4. Collaboration5. Network know-how

(adapted from Rheingold 2012)

‘Information overload’ or ‘filter failure’?

How to Thrive Online

Let’s Take a Closer Look…

Terminology

@mentions

Tweet directed at a specific individual.

Retweet

RT Shares someone else’s tweet with all of your followers

RetweetMT – Modified Tweet

Shares someone else’s tweet with changes to all of your followers

#hashtagsThe # symbol is used to mark keywords or topics in a tweet, which are then used to categorise / search tweets.

Tips for starting on Twitter

Decide how you want to use TwitterPersonally? Professionally? Combination?

Follow peopleYou’ll be more informed about what’s happening. People frequently follow you back.

Remember, Twitter is only one way to develop an online identity

Demo

follow someonenew tweet

direct messagesdiscover

notificationshashtags #meded