a year of twitter chats - #iolchat
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A Year of Twitter Chats: What Did We Learn?
Melissa A. Venable, PhDEducation Writer/Blogger@Melissa_Venable
18th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning - #aln12
The #IOLchat Team
Raheel Ramzanali@The_Raheel
Former sports radio journalist turned social media manager
Houston, TX
Laura M. Puente@LauraMilliEditor, Social Media StrategistHouston, TX
By the Numbers…
June 2011 - June 2012• 48 live sessions• 2-14 participants/chat (avg: 6)• Popular topics:
1. Maintaining student motivation for online learning
2. Evaluating online courses3. Twitter in education (#2012TCC)4. Game-based Learning
30 Chat Reports … and counting
ReTweets (RT) | Replies | Resources
Format Strategies• Q & A• Open Discussion• Open Mike• Featured Guest• Single Question• Conference Editions• Special Events
Other considerations
• Target audience• Web page design• Chat length• Day/Time • Getting the word
out• Topic generation
Participant Feedback/Input
Tools for Planning and Logistics
Recommendations• Participate in other chats• Go with the flow• Ask for ideas and input• Focus on function, the tools
change• It’s not the numbers- it’s the
networking• Have an idea? Just try it –
there’s no, right one way
Be ready for…
• Technology issues • Hijacking• Technology issues• Spam• Technology issues
Career Counselor Technology Forum ?!?
“ … You’re nobody until you’ve been spammed.”
Ideas and examples for classroom use
Before-During- After Checklist
Additional Resources
Your favorite chats?
#chat2lrn – bi-monthly, Thurs. 11:00am ET#lrnchat – Thursday, 8:30pm ET#literacies – first and third Thurs. 7pm ET#techtalk – Thursday, 3:00pm ET#digiped – Friday, 1:00pm ET
@OC_Org
Image Credits - Flickr
• Slide 1: Background, LoveMissB, CC:BY-NC• Slide 9: Class picture, lindacq, CC:BY-SA• Slide 14: Bird, marek.sotak, CC:BY• Slide 15: Whale, Shovelling Son, CC:BY-NC-SA• Slide 18: Two birds, cobalt123, CC:BY-NC-SA