1. Social Media & the Backchannel:
Bringing Twitter and Hotseat to Class
EDCI 575 Fall 2010EDCI 575 Fall 2010
Stephanie KrajicekStephanie Krajicek
2. By the end of this presentation,
you should be able to:
1. Define and give examples of social
media.
2. Define these terms: backchannel,
snarky, netiquette, tweet, post, follow,
hashtag.
3. Explain the purpose of Twitter and
Hotseat.
3. 4. Successfully log in and follow
discussions in Hotseat.
5. Find a backchannel for a specific
event using Twitter (and Hotseat).
6. Participate in a backchannel
discussion.
7. List at least three ways backchannels
can be used to engage students,
deepen content learning, support
students, encourage collaboration
and create community.
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10. What’s a backchannel?
Frontchannel vs. backchannel
sanctioned content and dialog
vs.
whispered conversations, note passing,
Twitter comments, blog posts, chat
room discussions
16. What Can Backchannels Bring
to the Table?
• Student engagement
• Community building
• Collaboration
• Feedback and interaction
• Learning Support
• Deeper learning
19. Hotseat
“Hotseat, a social networking-powered
mobile Web application, creates a
collaborative classroom, allowing students to
provide near real-time feedback during class
and enabling professors to adjust the course
content and improve the learning experience.
Students can post messages to Hotseat using
their Facebook or Twitter accounts, sending
text messages, or logging in to the Hotseat
Web site.”
20. Hands on HotseatHands on Hotseat
• Log in using yourLog in using your
career accountcareer account
username andusername and
passwordpassword
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23. Discussion
How can backchannels be used to:
engage?
deepen content learning?
support learning?
encourage collaboration?
create community?
24. Pros & Cons
• Interaction with
content, peers,
experts
• Split attention
• Extended classroom • Uncertainty about
audience
• Dialogue about
insights, opinions
• Opportunities to
hijack class
• Ability to ask
questions / clarify
understanding
25. • Ability to enhance
conversation through
comments
• Dissemination of
incorrect information
• Make connections • Mob mentality
• Revisit ideas from a
new perspective
• Domination of
discussion by a few
• Give voice to the wall
flowers
• Lack of netiquette
Pros & Cons
26. Other Tools for Creating
Backchannels
• Yammer (https://www.yammer.com/)
• Status.net
• Poll Everywhere (
www.polleverywhere.com/)
• Chatzy (http://www.chatzy.com/)
• Today’s Meet (http://todaysmeet.com/)
• Google docs
• Zoho docs
27. Tips for Managing the Backchannel
• Define the role of social media in
your classroom
• Give students specific tasks
• Allow students to participate in the
manner that they choose
28. • Set clear expectations and
consequences for failure to meet them
for behavior, grades, and frequency of
posts
• Use the technology that you have
available
Tips for Managing the Backchannel
29. Can you...
• Define and give examples ofDefine and give examples of
social media?social media?
• Define: backchannel, snarky,Define: backchannel, snarky,
netiquette, tweet, post,netiquette, tweet, post,
follow, hashtag?follow, hashtag?
• Explain the purpose ofExplain the purpose of
Hotseat?Hotseat?
• Log in and follow discussionsLog in and follow discussions
in Hotseat?in Hotseat?
• Find a backchannel for aFind a backchannel for a
specific event in Twitter andspecific event in Twitter and
Hotseat?Hotseat?
• Participate in a backchannelParticipate in a backchannel
discussion?discussion?
• List three ways backchannelsList three ways backchannels
engage students, deepenengage students, deepen
content learning, encouragecontent learning, encourage
collaboration, supportcollaboration, support
learning, and / or createlearning, and / or create
community.community.
30. Go to Poll Daddy to take the assessment:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HN8ZWLD
31. Sources
Atkinson, C. (2010). The backchannel: How audiences are using Twitter and social media and changing
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Matchett, N.J. & Main, C. (2010). Faculty collaboration at a distance: Using online peer review to
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McCarthy, J. (2009, December 4). The dark side of digital backchannels in shared physical spaces
[Web log post]. Retrieved from http://gumption.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/the-dark-side-of-digital-
backchannels-in-shared-physical-spaces.html (2010, September 29).
McCarthy, J. & boyd, d. m. (2005). Digital backchannels in shared spaces: Experiences at an academic
conference. ACM CHI 2005, April 2-7, 2005, Portland, OR
Social media. (2010, October 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04:08, October 7,
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White, N. (2009, September 11). Backchannel resources [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://www.
fullcirc.com/2009/09/11/backchannel-resources/ (2010. September 29)
Hinweis der Redaktion
1.Explain the purpose of Twitter (and Hotseat.)
Communication among learners
Parallel track
Traditionally, instructors are not a part of this dialogue since they aren’t aware that is happening.
New channel addressing concerns / harnessing backchannel
Other
Create conversation between front and back in and out of the classroom
Networked discussion that is not bound by
Time
Location
Media
1.Define backchannel, snarky, netiquette, hash tag, tweet, post, follow.
3.Find a backchannel for a specific event using Twitter(and Hotseat.)
To text using SMS, add purdue M860 to the beginning of your message. For example:
1.Define backchannel, snarky, netiquette, hash tag, tweet, post, follow.
1.Successfully create a Twitter account, log in, and post / tweet.
2.(Successfully log in and follow discussions in Hotseat.)
3.Find a backchannel for a specific event using Twitter(and Hotseat.)