MICROBLOGGING for NETWORK LEARNINGGabriela Grosseck & Carmen Holotescu
Cirip.eu
Network of Trainers in Europe Online ConferenceNovember, 9-10, 2009
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
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 )photo: http://es.onsoftware.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/web20-redsocial.jpg
SOCIAL LEARNINGA short introduction
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
Welcome to … your space
• Which 5 web 2.0 applications do you appreciate and use most?
• Compare your a-list with top at Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
(http://c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/)
yes, You CAN still contributeto this top this week.
Photo Flickr by yanivg, http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/64298062_4b83b8b87d.jpg
http://personas.media.mit.edu/
INTRODUCTION TO MICROBLOGGING
What is it? And why should I care?
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.
Microblogging is a collaborative technology
photo: http://media2.lelombrik.net/13501-14000/13845.jpg
A collaborative definition of
microblogging generated by
oamos.com embedded in the note at
cirip.ro/status/1645201
MICROBLOGGING PLATFORMS
Microblogging platforms used in education
Mar 2006 Oct 2007 Jan 2008 Sep 2008 Jul 2008Dec 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/
How microblogging tools work
1. Create an account and sign in2. Search for other people to follow
(Other people are doing the same for you)
3. Read other peoples’ updates 4. Enter an update yourself5. Go back to steps 3 and 4!16
The most popular microblogging system
Launched in July, 2006
Robust, elegant and simple
More than 160 million users
Numerous mash-ups
Social networking
in 140 characters
Twitter Educational uses:Classroom community
Collaboration
Project Management
Assessing opinion
Conference / research
Virtual classroom
Learning experiences
Personal Learning Network
Reference services
• a private microblogging platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files, events and assignments
• features: Store and Share Files , Privacy Controls , Public Timeline (RSS) , Notifications (SMS) , Class Calendar , Assignments & Grades, Share Links and Embeds , Subscribe to Feeds
• similar LMS
„ Edmodo could be used for a wide variety of tasks and lessons. […] It could also be a forum for open discussion in an online course setting. In a one-to-one computing environment you could post a story starter and have each student add a sentence or paragraph to create a collaboratively written story. ”
Richard Byrne
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).”
only 10 minutes to setup the own microblogging networkuseful for those devoted to a particular nichea customizable and easy-to-use community spacesharing photos, files, links, locations and much more through a well known microblogging interface
„ We’ve all known it was coming, it as 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/
• an open source implementation of a distributed microblogging platform, CreativeCommons framework
• full control of your data, meaning if you want to migrate to another service you can take it with you
• allows you to post 140 characters messages
• login with your OpenID• SMS updates and notifications
„ Discussing and proposing pedagogical approachs for education within the paradigm and
assistance of Web2.0.”http://identi.ca/group/w2e
• business oriented • used in a single
organisation• attachment links,
images, files• potential for schools
photo: https://www.yammer.com/about/screenshots
„But I can see the potential for, say, a school. Certainly in the UK, [….] it would be really easy to set up a Yammer account
for students and staff to collaborate with each other in a closed-off environment.
So, if Twitter seems somewhat too open for comfort,
perhaps Yammer is the answer. ”Terry Freedman
• more than 140 characters• commenting and "like"
system• room / group creation• attachment links,
pictures, embeddable widgets (YouTube, Flickr, twitpic)
photo: http://friendfeed.com/robingood
„ The option to create a private Friend Feed room could be a great way to create a
back channel for your classroom or for any workshops that you may lead. You could also
create a private Friend Feed room for your students to use as brainstorming area or a book
discussion forum.”
• a micro-update communications for companies that gives employees the ability to:
• instantly communicate their current status (collaboration in Real-Time)
• ask questions• post media (share documents & media)• groups for keeping conversations
organized• device support (computer, mobile
phone, any device connected to the Internet) photo: http://presentlyapp.com/
„ Present.ly provides a free place to get the same type of feedback as you'd gather on
Twitter, but in a closed setting..”Richard Byrne
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
HOW MICROBLOGGING CAN IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING
brainstorming ideas – please add your thoughts
Scribd paper: Can we use Twitter for educational activities?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandemia/354115976/sizes/l/
Classroom community Collaboration
Project ManagementAssessing opinion
Conference / research Virtual classroom
Learning experiences Personal Learning
Network Exploring the language
Reference services
good points:
distracting time-consuming
rude
addictive
no socialeducational value
bad grammar skills
privacy
spam
meaningless without a network
bad points
What ‘s your attitude toward microblogging?
• Use a single word and write it down !• Working in group, find images with flickr, flickrcc,
compfight or CreativeCommon.org!• Go to Photopeach and build your attitude in a digital
storytelling!
A slideshare presentation about collaboration on microbloggingembedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/1610057
A photopeach presentation for microblogging metaphors,embedded in the note at cirip.ro/status/874542
7000 usersinterface 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
Facilities Cirip.eu (1)
• public and private groups (courses, trainings, projects, events, internal communication, service, family, hobby, etc); group communication via SMS
• polls, quizzes – online or via SMS• feeds monitoring (via SMS)(sites/blogs/social networks/search feeds – jobs,
weather, reactions)• statistics, visualizations, tags.
Cirip.eu TUTORIAL
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
Who are you?
Use multimedia object to
describe yourself (blip.fm, youtube
or vimeo)
information and knowledge managementcourses enhancementdelivering entire online coursescollaborative projects in universitiescommunities of practiceePortfolios.
Personal Learning Environments ( Networks ) - PLE/PLN
Educational uses
Users
GrupuriFeeds Social networks
Groups
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
livestreaming
cirip2twitter, widget, export notes on blogs
PROFILE
An online course about microblogging platformsResearch:
• integrate microblogging with other Web2.0 technologies
• microblogging platform as LMS
• course facilitation
Materials:announcements
materials as LOM/SCORM objects
Course elements:
announcements
modules - LOM/SCORM objects
multimedia messages
poll/quiz/ comments via SMS (f2f)
validations - interactions with users/groups
collaborative exercises
Participation:
built PLNs
42 members:
students, teachers, developers, librarians
1100 messages
Collaborative exercises using different Web2.0 technologies:• puzzle images - flickr,
CC
• del.icio.us collection
• video translation - writeboard, dotsub
• comments on voicethread
• tagcloud - wordle
• code of good practices on microblogs - writeboard
Cirip.eu has facilities to deliver successful and qualitative online courses and to enhance courses; the communication (online/SMS/mobile), authoring, monitoring, statistical facilities make Cirip.eu a modern free LMS.
• Facilitating an entire online course or a part of a course on such a platform requires specific facilitation skills, and collaborative technologies knowledge.
• Participants gain important digital and communication skills, build PLEs, continue to collaborate in community after the course ends
Connections/comunication
PLE/PLN relevanceePortfolio
Indicators:(mindmeister.com)
Popularity
InfluenceCoagulation indexExposure indexGeographical distributionTemporal distributionOnline social presenceRating (RT)Notoriety (favorite)Sharing (Link)IntimacySpaMood Language
WCES 2009, 4-7 Feb., North Cyprus University
WHAT do our students NEED?
Group: http://www.cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope
For follow-ups, future reflections and sharing, you are welcome at
http://cirip.ro/grup/trainersineurope
Your comment and questions are welcome.
Thank you!