A Qualitative Approach towards Discovering

Microblogging Practices of Scientists

Barbara Kieslinger, Martin Ebner

If u cn rd this quickly, gd 4 u, but AFAIK u will have problems - so dw it's just fyi - L3T's start *lol*

106 letters / 1 Tweet / 1 SMS

If you can read this quickly, good for you, but as far as I

know you will have problems - so don‘t worry it's just for your

information - Let's start *laughing out loud*

169 letters / 2 Tweet / 2 SMS / 160 %

Mobile Generation

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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 ...

for Education

@ Conferences

for Scientists

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Twitter ...

for Education

@ Conferences

for Scientists

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http://flickr.com/photos/nettsu/1365343292/

Step towards digital lecture room

Interactive mass education

Classroom interaction through mobile devices

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Twitter ...

for Education

@ Conferences

for Scientists

http://www.flickr.com/photos/topgold/4059663939

Twitter stream at conference (ED - Media 08)

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before

during

after

Number of Tweets at ED-Media 2009

Who is tweeting (ED-Media 2011)?

http://twitter.tugraz.at

„... top trend makers show who is the heartbeat of this online community and

the key terms pointed out, what the community was talking about“

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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

Twitter ...

for Education

@ Conferences

for Scientists

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http://grabeeter.tugraz.at

Archive and

Search OFFLINE

• 4 Researchers • Topic of Interest: Technology Enhanced Learning

• Time Period: Second half of 2010

• Quantitative Approach

Scientist Study:

Code Total Bar Graph

citation 22 !!!!!!!!!

communication 60 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cooperation 2 !

critique 10 !!!!

culture 3 !

economy 1 !

education 22 !!!!!!!!!

event 79 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

innovation 3 !

joke 1 !

literature 5 !!

location 8 !!!

methods 2 !

music 1 !

networks 1 !

organisational 7 !!!

personal experience 48 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

personal wishes 13 !!!!!

politics 14 !!!!!!

private 4 !!

project 20 !!!!!!!!

recommendation 19 !!!!!!!!

resource 24 !!!!!!!!!!

rhetoric question 1 !

science 1 !

technology 42 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TEL 54 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

theories 13 !!!!!

university 19 !!!!!!!!

Total: 29 499 !

FrequencyReport

Microblogging as potential for the future

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

Graz University of Technology

SOCIAL LEARNINGComputer and Information Services

Graz University of Technology

Martin Ebner

http://elearning.tugraz.athttp://elearningblog.tugraz.at

Slides available at: http://elearningblog.tugraz.at

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