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Lecturer's notes on using Twitter

There's an interesting video on YouTube about using Twitter in lectures. What I found here is Monica Rankin's (the lecturer's) views on her webpage. This provides useful background and insight into her expierence and that of her students.

Some interesting points:
  • not all students knew about Twitter and needed help setting up
  • not all students had PCs, so they used their mobiles; some used paper to jot down ntoes which were then collated by the classroom assistant (US lecturers are very lucky!)
  • there's a quick overview on how to set things up in Twitter to keep exchanges organised
  • Tweetdeck was used as a 'board' to show interactions
  • responses overlapped, which made is difficult to follow discussion streams
  • most students participated!

I need to mull this over, and see how I could adapt this for my elearners. There's a wide range of ages, though most are computer savvy. I'll have to pilot with the ones who are dead keen first, so that I get a better understanding of what to do! Tweeting is easy enough, but tweeting collaboratively? I need to learn about that.

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