1. MICROBLOGGING for NETWORK LEARNING Gabriela Grosseck & Carmen Holotescu Cirip.eu Network of Trainers in Europe Online Conference November, 9-10, 2009

2. A short introduction in Social Learning What is microblogging? Overview of the microsphere / Generally uses Discovery microblogging through Cirip.eu Educational uses of microblogging What does the future look like? Microblogging Reflections Where do we learn more? Follow-ups, future reflections and sharing at http://cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope Sabin Balasa paintings at UAIC Iasi, Romania http://picasaweb.google.com Presentation Agenda

3. RSS/blogs-2004, podcast–2005, vlog–2006, video–2007, microblogging-2008/2009 Web2.0 / social networks have great impact in collaborative / social learning ( eLearning2.0 )

4. SOCIAL LEARNING A short introduction

5. Enhancing teaching & learning using Web2.0 technologies from Handbook of Emerging Technologies in Education: George Siemens, Peter Tittenberg (pg.34) ltc.umanitoba.ca/wikis/etl

7. http://personas.media.mit.edu/

8. INTRODUCTION TO MICROBLOGGING What is it? And why should I care?

9. A collaborative definition of microblogging generated by oamos.com embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1645201

10. Microblogging is a new form of blogging, with brief text updates of 140 characters, via Web, SMS, email, IM or 3th party applications, which allows RT interactions between users.

11. Microblogging is a collaborative technology

12. Diagrammr at diagrammr.com/edit?key=dy4NKMc8XsZ embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1644841

13. photo: http://www.heikkironkko.com/images/yolehti_jaiku.jpg Microblogging platforms used in education

14. Mar 2006 Oct 2007 Jan 2008 Sep 2008 Jul 2008 Dec 2007 Mar 2008 Overview of the Microsphere Timeline Twitter, Yammer, Cirip.eu, and Edmodo appear on Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/

16. MICROBLOGGING PLATFORMS

18. Twitter Educational uses: Classroom community Collaboration Project Management Assessing opinion Conference / research Virtual classroom Learning experiences Personal Learning Network Reference services

19. A video clip about twitter at dotsub.com embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1644958

21. a social journal for your life; a right-to-left scrolling “timeline” photo: http://friendfeed.com/robingood „ My Plurk line, for me, is a broadcast medium - I want to put a message out there and share some information and to do that I need to keep the line clear for people to read and respond to. I'm not looking to gather information from other people there (have so many other places where I already do that). ” Nick Peackey

22. only 10 minutes to setup the own microblogging network useful for those devoted to a particular niche a customizable and easy-to-use community space sharing photos, files, links, locations and much more through a well known microblogging interface „ We’ve all known it was coming, it was just a matter of time. Well, it has finally arrived and I’m thrilled to say that it was worth the wait. ShoutEm is a create-your-own-Twitter platform that works just as easily as Ning does. ” Steve Dembo photo: http://teach42.shoutem.com/

27. 7000 users interface in Romanian, English, German Cirip.eu - a microblogging platform specially designed for education; launched in March, 2008, by Timsoft, a Romanian company specialized in eLearning and mobile applications

28. Mindmap at mindmeister.com/maps/show_public/29895908 embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1629920

29. brainstorming ideas – please add your thoughts Scribd paper: Can we use Twitter for educational activities? HOW MICROBLOGGING CAN IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING

30. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandemia/354115976/sizes/l/ Classroom community Collaboration Project Management Assessing opinion Conference / research Virtual classroom Learning experiences Personal Learning Network Exploring the language Reference services good points:

31. distr acting time -consuming rude ad dictive no social educational value bad grammar skills privacy spam meaningless without a network bad points http://www.flickr.com/photos/80578657@N00/254923630/sizes/o

33. A slideshare presentation about collaboration on microblogging, embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1610057

34. A photopeach presentation for microblogging metaphors, embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/874542

35. 7000 users interface in Romanian, English, German Cirip.eu - a microblogging platform specially designed for education; launched in March, 2008, by Timsoft, a Romanian company specialized in eLearning and mobile applications Group: http://www.cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope

37. Facilities Cirip.eu (2) multimedia objects embedded in messages (information/communication flow): - livestreaming, - images ( flickr, tinypic ), - audio ( eok, trilulilu, deezer, blip.fm, vocaroo, mp3 ), - (live) video ( youtube, dotsub, vimeo, seesmic, 220.ro, myvideo ), - presentations ( slideshare, capzles, voicethread, flowgram, photopeach, picasa, notaland, prezi, diagrammr, screencastle, screenjelly, screenr, ), - documents ( odf, odt, pdf, doc, xls, txt, ppt ) Cirip.eu TUTORIAL

38. Who are you? Use multimedia object to describe yourself (blip.fm, youtube or vimeo)

39. information and knowledge management courses enhancement delivering entire online courses collaborative projects in universities communities of practice ePortfolios. Personal Learning Environments ( Networks ) - PLE/PLN Educational uses Users Grupuri Feeds Social networks Groups

40. PLN: users, groups, feeds interactions online, via ciripfox/ ciripgadget/ ciripAIR/FF Ubiquity, SMS, mobile, IM, mJava, API, twitter2cirip, rss2cirip messages, images, audio, video (live), presentations, files profile livestreaming cirip2twitter, widget, export notes on blogs

42. Course elements: announcements modules - LOM/SCORM objects collaborative exercises multimedia messages poll/quiz/ comments via SMS (f2f) validations - interactions with users/groups

43. Participation: built PLNs 42 members: students, teachers, developers, librarians 1100 messages

47. Indicators : (mindmeister.com) Popularity Influence Coagulation index Exposure index Geographical distribution Temporal distribution Online social presence Rating (RT) Notoriety (favorite) Sharing (Link) Intimacy Spa Mood Language Connections/comunication PLE/PLN relevance ePortfolio

48. WCES 2009, 4-7 Feb., North Cyprus University WHAT do our students NEED?

49. Group: http://www.cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope

51. For follow-ups, future reflections and sharing, you are welcome at http://cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope Your comment and questions are welcome. Thank you!

52. For follow-ups, future reflections and sharing, you are welcome at http://cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope Your comment and questions are welcome. Thank you!