Twitter workshop for colleagues in my department which started as a 'how to' workshop and moved to a 'why to' workshop based on input from my twitter network. This workshop showcases how great our students are at using social media for learning.

1. Twitter for
Teaching
Learning
Research
and
Engagement
Jenna Condie | University of Salford | @jennacondie

2. Why I tweet…

3. …because social media is shaping
academic practices

4. Research
Engagement

5. Twitter in
the social
media
landscape

6. ‘Live’ examples: Searching
twitter for your interests
1 # hashtag:
1 @ account:

7. I tweet because students do
…and they just get better & better

8. Our role in their online presence

9. Learner Identity
Dialogical

10. MSc Media Psych 2012-2013
Networking
Creating
Image Creative Commons Licence DonkeyHotey
Sharing
Showing
Collaborating
Leading
Informing
Asking

11. Social professionals

12. Enhancing digital literacies
…and confidence!

13. 2008
2013
The only constant is
change…
& increasing complexity
Flickr: b_d_solis

14. The new culture
of learning
Flickr: catherinecronin
Flickr: yhancik

15. Embracing social media
Thoughts? Actions!
Fancy curating @salfordpsych in the
next semester?
Flickr: Alexkess

16. The Directorate on Twitter
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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

17. 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/PublishedTwitter_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-twitterfor.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-media2/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

18. This workshop would have been
very different without my online
networks
Thank you
Twitter
peeps

19. Twitter for
Teaching
Learning
Research
and
Engagement
Jenna Condie | University of Salford | @jennacondie