how people are using twitter at conferences
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Presentation at EduMedia 2009 ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
How People are using Twitter during Conferences
Martin Ebner
Technology enhanced Learning
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Mobile Learning?
http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/
„Hence, learning materials must be desinged for easy access by the nomadic learners during using mobile technology regardless of where they are located and which network
infrastructure they are using to access information“
Allen, 2007
Is microblogging a possibility for a specific community to exchange ideas, interests and
information?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vividbreeze/480057824
Microblogging is a small-scale form of blogging, generally made up of short, succinct messages, used by both users and
business to share news, post status updates and carry on conversations Templeton, 2008
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Daily Chatter
Templeton, 2008
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CommunicatorReporter
Exchanger
Different kind of people using microblogs
Java et al, 2007
http://www.twitter.com
http://www.jaiku.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/1815164756/
http://www.plurk.comhttp://identi.ca/
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What can you do on Twitter?
- 140 character- from mobile, client or web interface- Followers- Direct messages- @Replies and Retweets- #Hashtags- Open API
btw, thanks for the last slide to ...
Twitter ok, but what is the power
behind?
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Question to the community
... and i got their answers within 7 minutes
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It is about a communication, collaboration, social networking
- in a very, very new way
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before
during
after
Twitter stream at conference (ED - Media 08)
Research Question:
Who is using Twitter at conferences and why?
Question: Role of respondents at conferences
Question: Respondents actively tweeted during conferences
Question: Purposes of using Twitter by attendes
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„in the background we discussed things more
deeply than the guys on the stage“
„Twitter can be distracting - you pay less attention“
versus
Microblogging as potential for the future
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- if we see it as a newcommunication channel ...
... maybe also between monsters
Graz University of Technology
SOCIAL LEARNING
Computer and Information ServicesGraz University of Technology
Martin Ebnerhttp://elearning.tugraz.at
http://elearningblog.tugraz.at
http://twitter.com/mebner