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Why use Twitter?

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Networking on Twitter

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Introducing the Academic 3.0

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Profiles on website, blog, social media

Up-to-date online presence

Promotes blended learning

Innovative technology user

Encourages digital literacy and citizenship

Collaborates & creates

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Introduce yourself

View and edit your profile

Upload a cover picture and a profile picture

Tell people who you are/what you’ll be Tweeting about – can include a link to another profile/website

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New user FAQs

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Connect with others

Click on a name to view a profile

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Mention and reply to others

Include user’s Twitter handle in Tweet to ‘Mention’ them

Tweet will appear in Twitter Feed of your followers and Notifications of user

When you reply to a Tweet, the user’s handle is automatically included at the start of the replyTweet will appear in Twitter Feed of people who follow BOTH you and other user and Notifications of user

Turn a Reply into a Mention by including any character before the Twitter handle

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Tag others in photos

Tweets including images tend to get more engagement

You can add up to 4 images to a Tweet

You can tag users in photosThe Tweet will appear in the user’s Notifications

Photo tagging options are in Security and Privacy settings

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Use lists

Create lists of similar profiles to help manage your Twitter Feed

You don’t need to follow a profile to add it to a list

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Using Twitter lists

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Using Twitter to acquire knowledge

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“With 225 million users issuing half a billion tweets per day, Twitter represents the richest dataset to hit academia….well, maybe ever—a virtual Petri dish of real-time data, attractive to scholars of all disciplines, for studies of all sorts.”Erika Fry

http://fortune.com/2014/08/22/contagion-justin-bieber-data-scientists-twitter/

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Ask questions

Tip! Use hashtags to increase the visibility of your question or direct it to a specific user by including their Twitter handle

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Follow hashtags

Click on a hashtag to view other Tweets using it

Search for popular hashtags

Use apps like Tagboard to view them or Hashtagifyto analyse them

Using hashtags on Twitter

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Use Twitter to search for information

Save search terms you want to use again

Search for keywords, hashtags or users

Choose options to tailor your search

Using advanced search

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Use TweetDeck to ‘listen’

Add a new column to follow your search term

Use TweetDeckto manage multiple accounts and follow search terms, hashtags, users and lists

Choose options to tailor your search

Beginners’ guide to TweetDeck

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Take part in Tweet chats

Use TweetDeckor other apps such as Tweetchat or Twubs to follow the discussion

Tweet chats are a great way to find out information and network with others

http://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/tweet-chats/

https://blog.bufferapp.com/twitter-chat-101

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Interact at conferences/events

Use event hashtags or profiles to interact with speakers and other participants or to follow remotely

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Amplifying your event using social media

Tips on using Twitter for conferences and events

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Using Twitter to disseminate knowledge

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WIIFM?

As an academic you have informationand expertise to share

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Use Twitter to share

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Links to online resources

Information about events

Links to surveys

InfographicsImages and video clips

References to publications

Research findings

Your expertiseYour

experiences

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Attention or impact?

Things to consider

• What metrics are available for your articles?

• What about your other ‘products of research’?

How to get started

• Find out about use of metrics in your area

• Set up a profile and lurk for a while

http://figshare.com/

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www.altmetrics.org

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Mark Sample’s Twitter Adoption Matrixhttp://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/a-framework-for-teaching-with-twitter/26223

In-class Back Channel

Uses: ad hoc class discussions,real-time commenting, recording divergent viewpoints

Benefits: engages less vocal students, archives otherwise ephemeral comments

Outside of Class Discussions

Uses: extend class discussions, exchange comments about readings or questions about assignments

Benefits: community building, continuity between class sessions

In-class Directed Discussion

Uses: open or guided questions with student responses collected for later analysis

Benefits: engages all students in discussions in large lecture classes

Tracking Activities

Uses: find and follow instructor, experts in the field or key topics

Benefits: exposure to the larger culture conversation about the class material

Lightly Structured Activities

Uses: solicit course feedback,offer ambient office hours, poll class, language or writing practice

Benefits: flexibility, availability, scalability

Metacognitive/ReflectiveActivities

Uses: students report on self-learning, articulate their difficulties, recap the most valuable lesson of the day

Benefits: fosters critical thinking

Institutional Communication

Uses: community outreach, alerts, announcements

Instructor Communication

Uses: announcements, syllabus changes, reminders

Pedagogical Communication

Uses: sharing timely links and resources

Dialogic

Monologic

Passive Active

Using Twitter for Teaching

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Digital professionalism

• about the impact on you, the University, funding bodies and othersTHINK

• sharing, make sure that the information is correct and that you have permissionBEFORE

• are responsible for anything you publish onlineYOU

• content that will add value and enhance your reputationPOST

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Doctors’ use of social media

Social media guide & policy

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The rules of the game are simple: [1] share only what you love or what resonates with you; [2] pay attention to the feedback you receive from the crowd and modify your posts accordingly; [3] don’t stray too far from the truth. Be creative but don’t be phoney.

http://philosophyforchange.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/foucault-and-social-media-the-call-of-the-crowd/

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