Learning Activities Plan - Twitter and Diigo

Masters Action Research 4-Week Scheme of Twitter and Diigo Learning Activities

Summary Researcher Action and Resources Needed Participants Action Assessments/Evaluation

18th July–22nd July

Week One Theme

About You and Creative Technologies

Introductions and assessment of prior knowledge Of tools and Creative Technologies

Test tools for use as a teaching tool to assess prior knowledge of student group

18th July - Send email one

Researcher ActionSend out initial questionnaire, demonstration videos for each tool. Explain about Diigo alerts. Use of #ioct hash tag

Answer questions and provide technical support if needed

Monitor and allow requests for membership to Diigo group

Monitor Twitter followers

Record data and archive Tweets

Resources Demonstration videos for signing up to

and using Twitter Demonstration videos for signing up to

and using Diigo Questionnaire via SurveyGizmo Instructions for Diigo alerts settings

Complete Questionnaire

Create Twitter account. Follow @IOCT_DMUMasters

Create Diigo account

Subscribe to Creative Technologies Diigo group and set alerts

How I am going to assess learning and success of each task?

Results from Questionnaires

Observations of responses to instructions

Monitor and record extra support needed

Archive Tweet content of participants for analysis


20th July – Send email two

About You through Twitter

This week Twitter will be asking you to tweet the following information about you and your work.

1. Please tell us your name and say which Masters cohort you are from, your location (in the world) and your area of interest in Creative Technologies2, Please tweet three key words that in your opinion represent the area of Creative Technologies3, Please tell us the single biggest challenge you face in your work or your learning in the area of Creative Technologies

Please tweet your answers to @IOCT_DMUMasters at a convenient time for you this week.

Researcher actionMonitor and archive Tweets.Answer questions/provide technical support Oversee activity

Respond to requests for information

Use Twitter as a tool for sharing information with researcher, other participants and wider IOCT community (followers)

Assessment of responses to instructions

Observations and monitoring of levels of participation




22nd July – Send email threeAbout you through Diigo

Please use Diigo to bookmark as many websites as you like that show either:

Your own work and any Creative Technologies projects that you have been involved inOR Projects, people or articles that illustrate your interests in Creative Technologies

Please add a comment to each site that you bookmark saying why you have chosen to share this article/site.

Please add tags to the article you are bookmarking.

Researcher actionProvide technical support if neededMonitor bookmarks

Resources List of recommended tagsDemonstration video of Diigo comments

Bookmark websites, add comments and tags

Showcase own work and share own experience/interests with others in group




Observation of tags used

Observation and recording of any unexpected interactions e.g. likes, tags added to other bookmarks, any comments added by others.


25th July–29th July

Week Two Theme

Interaction

Encourage dialogue, debate and interaction between students

Test tools for use in offering opportunities for collaborative learning

25th July – Send email 1

Read an article/look at a website that someone else has bookmarked in the Diigo group.

Highlight a short extract/paragraph that interest you in the article/site and add a comment/note of your own to this page.

Researcher action

Oversee activityProvide technical support if neededMonitor comments and notes

ResourcesDemonstration video on highlighting and notes on Diigo

Make comments and notes on websites bookmarked by others

Share ideas from differing perspectives




Observation of comments and notes

Observation and recording of any unexpected interactions

Observe responses to Interacting with others using tools



Post a question on Twitter to one of the other participants (use @ followed by their user name) to find out more about their area of interest in the Creative Technologies.

Researcher actionProvide technical support if neededMonitor questions and answersArchive Tweets


Is it easier to be an artist than it is to be a technologist? Please debate this on Twitter

Researcher actionProvide technical support if neededModerate debateArchive Tweets

Interaction with other participants

Joining in asynchronous debate on given topic




Observation of questions and answers/debate


Observe responses and Interactions with others using tools


1st August- 5th August

Week Three Theme

Intersession type activities

Encourage further learning and engagement (beyond learning sessions)

Test tools for use in offering opportunities for intersession learning

August 1st – Send out email 1

Watch this short video (Different video for each person). Bookmark the link to the Diigo group with a comment (showing your thoughts on the video) and tags. Post the link on twitter with a comment about the video. Don’t forget to include #ioct(Different video for each person)

August 3rd – Send out email 2

Look at the video link Tweets from the other participants and re-tweet your favourite tweet with a comment to your own followers.

August 3rd – Send out email 3

Post any question to any other participant/s. Answer any questions posted.

Researcher action

Oversee activityProvide technical support if neededMonitor comments and Archive Tweets

Undertake pre set tasks

Posting to twitter and bookmarking

Exchanging information/learning

Open invitation to interact with others






8th August-12th August

Week Four Theme

Live Masters Twitter Chat and Evaluations

Test tools for use in live information sharing and learning exchange

Test tools potential to collect feedback and provide evaluations

August 8th – Send out email 1

Distribute instructions to set up Tweetdeck in preparation for Live Chat session on 11th August at 4pm.


Send out video to be used in preparation for live chat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4LrB-jFEgM

Send out Twitter Chat guidelines and rules.


Send out final questionnaire with thanks

ResourcesInstructions to set up TweetdeckGuidelines for Live Twitter ChatRules for Live Twitter Chat

Preparing for Live Twitter Chat session on 11th August at 4pm

Evaluating project and feeding back


Answering questions and providing technical support if needed

Gathering evaluation and feedback

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4LrB-jFEgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4LrB-jFEgM


11th August




4 – 4.10pm – Theme based chat

Rough outline of Moderators Tweets:

Welcome Today’s chat will use Dave Cormier’s

video on Community as curriculum to discuss collaboration.

Link to video Firstly Please introduce yourself, tell us

your location and your area of interest in Creative Technologies.

What are your initial thoughts about David Cormier’s video on Community as Curriculum?

What is collaborative learning? Why is collaborative learning

important? Name 3 key skills for successful

Collaboration. My 3 are x x x What is your experience of

collaborative learning? Good or bad experience?

Collaboration = Innovation. Agree? Any other recommended resources or

information to share on the topic of collaboration?

Respond to moderator prompts

Post tweets

Ask questions

Answer questions

Respond to each others responses

Archive of Tweet Chat

Assessment of responses to instructions/prompts






11th August




4.10pm – 4.20pm – Evaluation based chat

Rough outline of Moderators Tweets:

How did you find this Twitter Chat? Please answer the following questions

relating to the twitter/Diigo experiment What was your favourite tool – Twitter

or Diigo? What do you know now that you didn’t

know before the Twitter/Diigo experiment?

What did you find interesting or surprising?

Does the use of Twitter/Diigo solve any problems for you? How?

How you think that Twitter/Diigo can help your learning and development?

Will this project change the way you learn, network and research?

Respond to moderator prompts

Answer questions

Provide feedback and evaluation material

Archive of Tweet Chat

Assessment of responses to instructions/prompts





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Learning Activities Plan - Twitter and Diigo