Building your personal learning network with Twitter Peter Newbury Center for Teaching Development, UCSD ctd.ucsd.edu 20 November 2013

1. slides and resources: ctd.ucsd.edu/programs/fall-2013-weekly-workshops/
CTD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS:
BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL
LEARNING NETWORK WITH
Peter Newbury
Center for Teaching Development,
University of California, San Diego
pnewbury@ucsd.edu
@polarisdotca
ctd.ucsd.edu
#ctducsd
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
12:00 – 12:50 pm Center Hall, Room 316

2. New ideas…
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
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3. 1. benefits
2. online
environment
3. how you
represent
yourself
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4. how to
participate

4. 1. Benefits to being on Twitter
 “backchannel” at conferences #stemca13
 weekly chats #phdchat moderated by @NSRiazat
 hashtags = keywords to
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help others find your tweets #icanhazpdf
follow and contribute to a chat/topic #flipclass
connect to communities #altac #scicomm #highered
follow breaking news #washingtonil
 connect with people like you
 connect with people not like you: diversity is an asset
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5. 2. Online Environment
…is a “networked public” with
 multiple, overlapping global networks
 always accessible
 people, events, knowledge are visible, traceable, searchable
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6. 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.
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7. Context Collapse
Context collapse is that moment when your networks
and identities overlap in unexpected ways, both good
and bad.
“The audience you’re speaking to is not the only
audience that’s hearing you”
Bonnie Stewart @bonstewart
Be aware that it will happen.
With foresight, the good greatly outweighs the bad.
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8. 4. How to participate
Twitter
pinterest
blog
Google+
facebook
…and many, many others
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9. Good investment: Twitter + blog
Twitter (twitter.com)
 “water cooler”
 the best street party you’ve ever
been to
Twitter
blog
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(Wordpress) blog (wordpress.com)
 a place to archive your thinking
 write it for yourself, share it,
people will contribute back
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10. Twitter
account
avatar
name
handle
bio
location
want more?
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11. Twitter
account
followers
following
tweets
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12. How to Tweet
tweet
RT
RT w comment
@reply
DM
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13. Accessing Twitter via twitter.com
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14. Accessing Twitter via twitter.com
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15. Accessing Twitter via Twitter App
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16. Accessing Twitter: Option 2
1. create lists of people
2. use software to browse lists
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desktop: Tweetdeck
smartphone: Hootsuite
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17. Twitter lists
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18. Benefits to being online
When you’re online, you can be a
learner
contributor
expert
teacher
leader
follower
consumer
novice
mentor
mentee
supportive
vulnerable
It takes time, motivation, dedication to build and
maintain a personal learning network.
The investment is worth it.
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