Considerations when managing social activity streams in higher education.

1. TOWARDS SOCIAL THAT DELIVERS
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2. I’M BERNIE GOLDBACH.
TEACHING CREATIVE MULTIMEDIA
AT LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN
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3. I LIKE ENABLING TECH.
IT MAKES THINGS ACCESSIBLE.
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4. This #LCFEcpd presentation reflects on a process of sharing social activity streams
online and invites peer review in an evolving process of multimedia journaling
(photostreams, twitter hashtagging and audiologs) as part of critical reflection.
We know:
-- Activity streams can enhance reflective learning.
-- Well-engineered activity streams increase online visibility.
-- In a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), the technology is often close to hand.
-- Effective social activity streams sparks development of community artefacts.
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5. THE
ESSENTIAL
WORKFLOW
-- Develop your touchpoints.
-- Share personal reflections.
-- Integrate reflections with
multimedia elements.
-- Appreciate the importance of
compelling imagery.
-- Effective online networking is
rarely synchronous.
-- Online activities may augment
but do not reduce the primacy
of written work.
-- Activity streams give you 360
degree feedback.
Don’t start into a social activity
stream without a workflow in mind.
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6. ACTIVITY
STREAMS
DESCRIBED -- Collated recent activities.
-- Typically on a single
website, dashboard, or app.
-- Facebook’s News Feed is
most prominent.
-- Stream protocols have
emerged via APIs.
Effective activity streams improve
learning and personal development.
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7. BUILDING AN
ACTIVITY
STREAM
You can leverage reflective
audio journaling with tech
in your pocket or purse.
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8. Digital Skill
Development.
An Acquired
Literacy.
Happens while
Hanging Out,
Messing Around, and
Geeking Out.
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9. HASHTAGGED
TWEETS
#EDCHATIE
Monday evenings during school year
(8:30 – 9:30 PM in Ireland).
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10. HASHTAGGED
TWEETS
#LOCC
First Thursday of every month in the
Absolute Hotel, Limerick, Ireland.
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11. HASHTAGGED
TWEETS
#LIMERICK
If you’re from there, you should give
it props via hashtags.
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12. HASHTAGGED
TWEETS
#HOWILEARN
FundIt projects like How I Learn
work best when coupled to activity
streams.
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13. AUDIOLOGS
LEVERAGE
NEW
LITERACIES.
You probably didn’t learn audio
journaling in a traditional
curriculum.
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14. PREPARE
TO REFLECT
-- Select a simple phrase or a
single word.
-- Think about an image.
-- Try to connect your thought
to a personal experience.
-- Pause to reflect.
-- Clarify your main point.
-- You might want to think out
loud beforehand.
If you teach audio as a kind of social
activity, you need to have your
overhead questions in mind.
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15. MAKING
QUICK
AUDIO.
The best samples share very
memorable personal stories.
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16. ESSENTIAL
INGREDIENTS
OF AUDIO
LOGS
-- Process should be quick.
-- Capture initial thoughts,
unformed opinion or personal
responses to events.
-- Themes emerge after
several dozen episodes.
-- When bundled, the
thematic collection can
enhance an ePortfolio.
-- Recordings should be in the
first person.
Several characteristics identify an
audiolog.
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17. EASY--FROM
PHONE TO
SITE.
Audioboo works with its app or with
email attachments.
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19. WE TRUST
THE HUMAN
VOICE. "Levels of trust, commitment,
and satisfaction from users all
appear to be positively
affected by the use of the
human voice in social media.“
Doctoral research by Hyojung Park, University
Missouri.
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20. AUDIO IN
ACTIVITY
STREAMS
-- Explore events, don’t merely
list them.
-- Share eureka moments.
-- Expect feedback from an
open community.
-- Listen to related textual and
audio commentary.
-- Commit to a regular
schedule.
-- Follow listeners to their
main online presence.
Several characteristics identify an
audiolog.
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21. THE
#OCTAVER
ACTIVITY
STREAM.
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22. #OCTAVER
MUSIC
REFLECTIONS
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Details in the Audio
Community on Google
Plus and inside Audioboo
clips.

23. FLICKR
ACTIVITY
STREAMS
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The visual element
deserves a slideshow
treatment.

24. MEDIA WRITING MEETS SOCIAL AUDIO
I AM AUDIOBOO.FM/TOPGOLD.
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25. -- Audioboo is free.
-- You get three minutes of
recording with a basic
account.
-- I pay £60 annually to get
30 minutes of time for
each recording.
-- Audioboo allows an
unlimited number of
recordings.
-- You automatically get an
iTunes identity.
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26. YOU ALSO NEED TO BE ON GOOGLE PLUS.
[PRIVACY]
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27. GETTING
STARTED
-- Write down an honest
thought.
-- Forget about assessment.
-- Revisit earlier audio
segments.
-- Listen to others.
-- Reflect about your past
actions, decisions and learning
events.
-- Know that getting into a
groove takes time.
Everyone can talk. But it takes time
to get your real voice.
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28. GETTING
STARTED:
EVENTS
Talk about something big.
Like running out of water.
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29. THE GLOBAL SOUND MAP.
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30. SCRAPBOOK THOUGHTS
HAVE REAL PERMALINKS.
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31. TUMBLR IS A SCRAPBOOK TOO.
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32. LIST YOUR ACTIVITY STREAM.
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33. LOOK FOR
THE
NARRATIVE.
-- Why did it happen?
-- Who was there?
-- When did it unfold?
-- Where were you?
-- How does it fit in?
-- What was said?
The segues are the glue.
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34. WHERE TO
CREATE
AUDIO.
-- Comfortable corner.
-- Mindfulness session.
-- Immersive birdsong.
-- Tasting salt water spray.
-- Touching aromatic textures.
-- Feeling wood chips
underfoot.
-- Holding a mug of coffee.
-- Plugged into the sound track
of your life.
People have their own creative
spaces. And their own devices.
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35. HANDHELD
VIDEO
OPTIONS.
-- YouTube is king.
-- Bambuser offer a live
option.
-- Google Hangouts put you in
the frame (audio only option).
– Flickr video now three
minutes.
YouTube’s Capture apps are very
good. So is Bambuser and Flickr
video.
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36. GRADING
THE WORK
-- Are you collecting objective
and reflective data to make
sense of the experience?
-- Do you recognise the
recurrence of learning events?
-- Is your interpretation a logical
outcome of your observations?
-- Do you reflect on a concept
you learned in class or while
reading?
-- Are your reflective sessions
about the same length of time?
We grade the process of reflection
and not the content in the reflective
audiolog.
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37. TIP: KEEP A TICK-OFF LIST..
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38. SPROUT SOCIAL HELPS ME MANAGE..
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39. ALL MESSAGING IN ONE STREAM..
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40. SPROUT SOCIAL WORKFLOW..
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41. SPROUT SOCIAL TASKINGS..
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42. SPROUT SOCIAL IMPROVES RESPONSIVENESS..
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43. FACEBOOK GENERALITIES.
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44. SPROUT SOCIAL TRENDS
MEASURE WHAT MATTERS
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45. EMERGENT CREATIVE COLLABORATION
SOCIAL AUDIO ENHANCES GOOGLE HANGOUTS.
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46. IN-HAND
CONVERSATIONS
Engaging, active
communication.
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47. BASIC
EQUIPMENT
-- A small notebook.
-- Short outline of thoughts.
-- Rough sketches.
-- Smartphone with data
connection.
-- Last generation iTouch.
-- Unlocked smartphone with
wifi.
-- Recording app (Audioboo,
Soundcloud, Voicebo and even
Evernote).
-- Micbud with windshield.
Many students come equipped.
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48. HELPFUL
OASES
-- LinkedIn Group “Let’s Talk Here”
has clever ice breakers.
-- Open University offers “Study
Skills Suggestions”.
-- Topgold’s Evernote includes a
shared ictedu notebook.
-- King, Keeping a Learning Journal,
2001.
-- The Audio Community on Google
Plus is bit.ly/audiog.
-- Listen to @documentally,
@topgold, @boydjane,
@braillesnail and their cross-talk.
-- Ira Glass and This American Life.
-- Radiolab.
It’s easy to find inspiration.
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49. CONCLUSION
LEARN TO USE THE TOOLS YOU’RE CARRYING.
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50. CIRCLE ME.
OR FOLLOW ME @TOPGOLD.
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51. LET’S CONNECT AND SHARE.
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