CTD Wi14 Weekly Workshop: Building a Personal Learning Network with Twitter

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

resources: ctd.ucsd.edu/programs/weekly-workshops-winter-2014/

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

12:00 – 12:50 pm Center Hall, Room 316

New ideas…

Building your personal learning network (PLN) 2

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


2. online

environment

3. how you

represent

yourself 4. how to

participate

1. benefits

Benefits to being online


When you’re online, you can be a

learner teacher leader follower

contributor consumer

mentor mentee expert novice

supportive vulnerable

Benefits to being on Twitter


“backchannel” at conferences #scio14

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 #ripplesofdoubt

follow breaking news #Ukraine

connect with people who share your interests

connect with people not like you: diversity is an asset

For me…


I am no longer alone at conferences

I fulfill my obligation to share conf with others

I have colleagues around the World

my followers support me when I’m unsure what to do

my followers came with me with I moved

Twitter is my Google

news source, esp breaking

I can share my knowledge, advice, experiences

I can connect people

2. Online Environment


…is a “networked public” with

multiple, overlapping global networks

always accessible

people, events, knowledge are visible, traceable, searchable

3. How to represent yourself


Each of us have a digital identity which represents us in

the online environment.

Each of us leaves a digital footprint.

Context Collapse


“The audience you’re speaking to is not the only

audience that’s hearing you”

Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart

Context collapse is that moment when your networks

and identities overlap in unexpected ways, both good

and bad.

Be aware that it will happen.

With foresight, the good hugely outweighs the bad.

4. How to participate


blog

Twitter

facebook

pinterest Google+

…and many, many others


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

Twitter

Good investment: Twitter + blog

Building your personal learning network (PLN)

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Let’s get

started!


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name people will see in your bio

1 Twitter acct per email address

your @ handle

no, thanks, Big Brother


handle

avatar

name

bio

location

want more?


my tweets

people who follow me

people I follow

How to Tweet


tweet

RT

RT w comment, MT

@reply

D DM

Accessing Twitter via twitter.com


Accessing Twitter via Twitter App


Accessing Twitter: Option 2


1. create lists of people

2. use software to browse lists

desktop: Tweetdeck

smartphone: Hootsuite

Benefits to being online


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

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