Microblogging in the classroom.F i f ti t ti i tiFrom information to participation

Ismael Peña-LópezAgustí Cerrillo MartínezAgustí Cerrillo Martínez

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

III Conference on Law teaching and Information and Communication Technologies

U i it t Ob t d C t lUniversitat Oberta de CatalunyaBarcelona, 8 June 2012

Introduction e-Government: framework and professional context

Wealth of the students’ profiles

Skills for the job marketSkills for the job market

Transversal skills

Communication competence

Di i lDigital competence

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Why and what for Twitter in the classroomySense of community en virtual environments

Almost real-time in asynchronous environments

Student engagementStudent engagement

Proactivity

Information sources from “the outside”

I f l l iInformal learning

Teacher engagementTeacher engagement

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Workings of the experienceg

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Participation in the experience2010 2011

Total users: 43 26

Total professors: 3 3p

Total students: 40 23

Total messages: 79 312

Messages from professors: 51 129

Messages from students: 28 183

M / 1 8 12 0Messages / user: 1.8 12.0

Messages / professor: 17.0 43.0

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Messages / student: 0.7 8.0

Students’ profiles

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Use of the tool (I)( )

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Use of the tool (II)( )

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Evaluation of the experience (I)( )

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Evaluation of the experience (II)( )

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Evaluation of the experience (III)( )

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ConclusionsComing of age of the adoption of web 2.0 tools

Key importance of usage

sense of purposesense of purpose

properly led and “scaffolded”

Permeability of the “walls” of the virtual classroom

F i f i i i iFrom information to participation

Sense of communitySense of community

of learning

of practice

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To cite this work:Peña-López, Ismael & Cerrillo Martínez, Agustí. (2012) Microblogging in the classroom.e a ópe , s ae & Ce o a t e , gust ( 0 ) c ob ogg g t e c ass ooFrom information to participation. Communication for the III Conference on Law teaching and Information and Communication Technologies, 8 june 2012. <http://ictlogy.net/presentations/20120608_ismael_pena-lopez_agusti_cerrillo_-_microblogging_in_the_classroom_from_information_to_engagement.pdf>gg g g g

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