How People are using Twitter at Conferences

How People are using Twitter during Conferences

Martin Ebner

Technology enhanced Learning

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Mobile Learning?

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„Hence, learning materials must be desinged for easy access by the nomadic learners during using mobile technology regardless of where they are located and which network

infrastructure they are using to access information“

Allen, 2007

Is microblogging a possibility for a specific community to exchange ideas, interests and

information?

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Microblogging is a small-scale form of blogging, generally made up of short, succinct messages, used by both users and

business to share news, post status updates and carry on conversations Templeton, 2008

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Daily Chatter

Templeton, 2008

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CommunicatorReporter

Exchanger

Different kind of people using microblogs

Java et al, 2007

http://www.twitter.com

http://www.jaiku.com

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http://www.plurk.comhttp://identi.ca/

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What can you do on Twitter?

- 140 character- from mobile, client or web interface- Followers- Direct messages- @Replies and Retweets- #Hashtags- Open API

btw, thanks for the last slide to ...

Twitter ok, but what is the power

behind?

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Question to the community

... and i got their answers within 7 minutes

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It is about a communication, collaboration, social networking

- in a very, very new way

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before

during

after

Twitter stream at conference (ED - Media 08)

Research Question:

Who is using Twitter at conferences and why?

Question: Role of respondents at conferences

Question: Respondents actively tweeted during conferences

Question: Purposes of using Twitter by attendes

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„in the background we discussed things more

deeply than the guys on the stage“

„Twitter can be distracting - you pay less attention“

versus

Microblogging as potential for the future

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- if we see it as a newcommunication channel ...

... maybe also between monsters

Graz University of Technology

SOCIAL LEARNING

Computer and Information ServicesGraz University of Technology

Martin Ebnerhttp://elearning.tugraz.at

http://elearningblog.tugraz.at

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