8. Mobile Learning?
http://flickr.com/photos/thomcochrane/416206133/
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9. „Hence, learning materials must be desinged
for easy access by the nomadic learners
during using mobile technology regardless
of where they are located and which network
infrastructure they are using to access
information“
Allen, 2007
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10. Is microblogging a possibility for a specific
community to exchange ideas, interests and
information?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vividbreeze/480057824
11. Microblogging is a small-scale form of blogging, generally
made up of short, succinct messages, used by both users and
business to share news, post status updates and carry on
conversations Templeton, 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/601808418
12. http://www.jaiku.com
http://www.pownce.com
(down on December 15, 2008)
http://www.twitter.com
http://identi.ca/ http://www.plurk.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericrice/1815164756/
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14. What the hell is twitter?
- 140 character
- from mobile, client or web interface
- Followers
- Direct messages
- @Replies and Retweets
- #Hashtags
- Open API
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15. btw, thanks for the last
slide to ...
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18. Different kind of people
using microblogs
Templeton, 2008
Java et al, 2007
Exchanger
Communicator
Daily Chatter Reporter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/601808418
20. Twitter ok, but
how can we use it
for scientific
conferences?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapfrog_photo/2532068489
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21. Research outcomes
• ED-Media 2008
• Summer School 2008
• ED-Media 2009
• EduCamp 2010
• Grabeeter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525
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22. Research outcomes
• ED-Media 2008
• Summer School 2008
• ED-Media 2009
• EduCamp 2010
• Grabeeter
Ebner, M., (2009) Introducing Live Microblogging: How Single
Presentations Can Be Enhanced by the Mass, Journal of Research
in Innovative Teaching (JRIT), 2 (1), p. 91-100, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525
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23. Twitter stream at conference
(ED-Media 2008)
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24. Twitter stream at conferece
(ED-Media 2008)
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25. 54 Tweets using Hashtag
#edmedia08
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26. „in the background we
discussed things more
deeply than the guys on the
stage“
versus
„Twitter can be distracting -
you pay less attention“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nuagedenuit/276092250
27. Research outcomes
• ED-Media 2008
• Summer School 2008
• ED-Media 2009
• EduCamp 2010
• Grabeeter
Reinhardt, W., Ebner, M., Beham, G., Costa, C. (2009) How People
are Using Twitter during Conferences, Hornung-Prähauser, V.,
Luckmann, M. (Ed.), 5th EduMedia conference, Salzburg, p. 145-156
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525
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28. Research Question:
Who is using Twitter at conferences
and why?
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29. Question: Role of respondents at conferences
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30. Question: Purposes of using Twitter by attendes
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31. Communicating and sharing resources
seem to be one of the most interesting
and relevant ways in which one
microblogs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/430523365
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32. Research outcomes
• ED-Media 2008
• Summer School 2008
• ED-Media 2009
• EduCamp 2010
• Grabeeter
Ebner. M., Reinhard, W. (2009) Social networking in scientific
conferences – Twitter as tool for strengthen a scientific,
Workshop Science 2.0 for TEL, ECTEL 2009
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34. Number of Tweets at ED-Media 2008
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35. User
Hashttags
Key terms
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36. „... top trend makers show who is the
heartbeat of this online community
and the key terms pointed out, what
the community was talking about“
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radekreks/316541927
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37. Research outcomes
• ED-Media 2008
• Summer School 2008
• ED-Media 2009
• EduCamp 2010
• Grabeeter
Ebner. M., Mühlburger H., Schaffert S., Schiefner M., Reinhardt W.,
Wheeler S. (2010) Getting Granular on Twitter Tweets from a
Conference and their Limited Usefulness
for Non-Participant, N. Reynolds and M. Turcsányi-Szabó (Eds.):
KCKS 2010, IFIP AICT 324, pp. 102–113, 2010
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525
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38. Research Question:
Is Twitter proper to report from a
conference in order to share the event
with the scientific community from
outside the conference?
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42. Outcome:
If we reduce the tweets to those
occurring during the conference
period (5th and 6th February) only 120
posts are of interest at all, which relates
to about 6%
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43. Practically, the obviously limited
usefulness of the tweets of the
EduCamp participants for interested
external participants evokes new
ideas for practical and effective
alternative usage of the tweets as well
as the need for appropriate tools.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minaartwork/3695954155
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44. Research outcomes
• ED-Media 2008
• Summer School 2008
• ED-Media 2009
• EduCamp 2010
• Grabeeter
Mühlburger H., Ebner M., Taraghi B. (2010) @twitter Try out
#Grabeeter to Export, Archive and Search Your Tweet, ECTEL
2010, Workshop Research 2.0, accepted, in print
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525
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45. Research Question:
How must a web-based application
that can also be used offline (without
Internet connection) for information
retrieval and knowledge discovery
based on a micro-content system like
Twitter look like?
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47. Archive
and
Search
offline
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48. Grabeeter allows ...
• Micro-content (tweets) is achievable
due to the fact that any tweet can be
retrieved at anytime from a local hard-
drive
• Micro-content is storable in a way that
the user can distinguish between
different events
• Micro-content is searchable along
keywords, hashtags, time frames as
well as different entities (URLs, @, ... )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/haagsuitburo/2342058525
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49. Microblogging as potential
for the future
- if we see it as a new
communication channel
http://www.flickr.com/photos/161/
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50. Grab and Search your
Tweets http://grabeeter.tugraz.at
martin.ebner@tugraz.at
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