Twitter for

Teaching

Learning

Research

and

Engagement

Jenna Condie | University of Salford | @jennacondie

Why I tweet…

…because social media is shaping

academic practices

Engagement

Research

Twitter in

the social

media

landscape

‘Live’ examples: Searching

twitter for your interests

1 # hashtag:

1 @ account:

I tweet because students do

…and they just get better & better

Our role in their online presence

Learner Identity

Dialogical

MSc Media Psych 2012-2013

Networking

Asking

Creating

Showing

Leading

Informing

Collaborating

Sharing

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Social professionals

Enhancing digital literacies

…and confidence!

Flickr: b_d_solis

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The only constant is

change…

& increasing complexity

The new culture

of learning

Flickr: yhancik Flickr: catherinecronin

Embracing social media

Thoughts? Actions!

Fancy curating @salfordpsych in the

next semester? Flickr: Alexkess

The Directorate on Twitter • Sharon Coen @coen_sharon

• Margaret Coffey @margcoffey1

• Jenna Condie @jennacondie

• Anna Cooper @amc_83

• Janine Crosbie @janinecrosbie

• Linda Dubrow-Marshall @drlindadm

• Lindsey Dugdill @LDUGDILL

• Peter Eachus @petereachus

• Adam Galpin @galpinaj

• John Hudson @brucie_rooster

• Nikki Jones @NikkiCMJones

• Ruth Laidler @ruthlaidler

• Mike Lomas @MikeLomas_

• Sarah Norgate @sarahnorgate

• Lorna Paterson l_paterson

• Liz Smith @drlizziesmith

Add your

@username here!

Current hashtags:

#salfordpsych

#mediapsych

Resources • Mashable Twitter Guide: http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

• LSE guide Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact

activities:

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/files/2011/11/Published-

Twitter_Guide_Sept_2011.pdf

• Case studies of academics using digital technologies

http://blogs.it.ox.ac.uk/engage/case-studies/

• Dorothy Bishop’s (@deevybee) twitter guide for apprehensive academics:

http://deevybee.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/gentle-introduction-to-twitter-

for.html

• Kate Lindsay’s Twitter for Academia slides:

http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/ktlindsay/twitter-for-academia-v4

• Mark Carrigan’s site: http://markcarrigan.net/category/social-media-

2/twitter-social-media/

• @salfordpsych twitter guidelines for curators (online soon).

• Salford Uni HR ‘All About Twitter’ course 16th Jan 2014

http://www.hr.salford.ac.uk/coursebooking/courses.php?booking=course&

cat=lt

This workshop would have been

very different without my online

networks

Thank you

Twitter

peeps

Twitter for

Teaching

Learning

Research

and

Engagement

Jenna Condie | University of Salford | @jennacondie