A Year of Twitter Chats - #IOLchat
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Reflections on a year of weekly live chats focused on online learning - Presentation at the 18th Annual Sloan Consortium Conference on Online Learning
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- 1. A Year of Twitter Chats: What Did We Learn? Melissa A. Venable, PhD Education Writer/Blogger @Melissa_Venable 18th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning - #aln12
- 4. The #IOLchat Team Laura M. Puente @LauraMilli Editor, Social Media Strategist Houston, TX RaheelRamzanali @The_Raheel Former sports radio journalist turned social media manager Houston, TX
- 5. 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 courses 3. Twitter in education (#2012TCC) 4. Game-based Learning
- 6. 30 Chat Reports … and counting
- 7. ReTweets (RT) | Replies | Resources
- 8. Format Strategies • Q&A • Open Discussion • Open Mike • Featured Guest • Single Question • Conference Editions • Special Events
- 9. Other considerations • Target audience • Web page design • Chat length • Day/Time • Getting the word out • Topic generation
- 11. Tools for Planning and Logistics
- 14. 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
- 15. Be ready for… • Technology issues • Hijacking • Technology issues • Spam • Technology issues
- 16. Career Counselor Technology Forum ?!? “ … You’re nobody until you’ve been spammed.”
- 17. Ideas and examples for classroom use Before-During- After Checklist Additional Resources
- 18. 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
- 19. @Melissa_Venable melissa@onlinecollege.org @OC_Org
- 20. 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
Editor's Notes
- What is a Live Chat?- synchronous, text-based, use #hashtag: 100s of chats – popular among educators, use with students and colleagues professional development and networking purposes
- INSIDE ONLINE LEARNING - #IOLchatChat Goals:-April 2011, IOL blog began, by June looking for ways to…Community-building-Engagement of readers-Build a fan base for siteWeekly topic: introduction, read-aheads, Summary ReportMy Goal:-Present what we’re doing-Things we’ve tried and lessons learned-Recommend some tools along the way
- BrainstormingPromotionNetworking-Connecting
- Scheduling – holidays, awareness of semester breaks, etc. Popular topics: number of participants 14 – April 1214 – April 1213 – April 1210 – March 12
- Chat reports – began October 2011
- Creating a vibe - Create a vibe – workshop or break room?StructureInteraction
- NCDA, TCC, Sloan-C#ce12, #openeducationweek
- One of the things we’ve done to help us with the decisions along the way is …. SchedulingTopicsTopic generation – TwtPoll, SurveyGizmo, staff ideasFeedback – June, December surveys
- Google Docs, Spreadsheets
- TweetChat.comTweetReports.comCoverItLive
- Internet connection, ….