Between the Chapters #16 being in community on Twitter & social media with @suebecks & @chrissinerantzi

25 Years of Ed Tech

For this Between the Chapters, Laura welcomes Sue Beckingham and Chrissi Nerantzi to talk about all things related to Twitter and Social Media from Chapter 16. Reflecting back to our use of the mediums to be social and talk with educators, learners, researchers, and more -- we see how these public, open spaces have changed and challenged us over the last 10+ years. Twitter has brought about community and connection through hashtags; however, it is not the same as it once was -- or is it?

• What was your first tweet?
• Ode to Hashtag
• #Hashtags + Community = Learning?
• Got Hashtag? [Gathering Edu & Ed Tech Conference Hashtags]
• Positive Silent Engagement - to replace social listening or lurking
• Tweetchats, Personal Learning Networks and CPD.
• Open to influence: what counts as academic influence in scholarly networked Twitter participation (Stewart, 2015)
• Collapsed publics: Orality, literacy, and vulnerability in academic Twitter. (Stewart, 2016)
• Understanding the structure and role of academics' ego-networks on social networking sites (Jordan, 2017)
• Where’s Your Digital “Water Cooler” for Professional Development?
• The Affordances of Social Media Platforms (Helmond & Bucher, 2018)
• How Higher Ed Institutions Use Twitter
• How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas TED Talk from Manoush Zamorodi
• My Digital Audit: Where Do I Want to Be Online?
• Lockdown Loneliness and Social Media
• Student loneliness: The role of social media through life transitions (Thomas, Orme, & Kerrigan, 2020)
• Global OER Graduate Network (More about GO-GN in Between the Chapters #11)
• #PhDchat founder: Dr. Nasima Riazat
• #AcAdv Chat - Follow @AcAdvChat & learn more: https://acadvchat.wordpress.com/
• #LTHEchat hashtag - Follow @LTHEchat & learn more: https://lthechat.com/
• The 5C Framework by Chrissi Nerantzi and Sue Beckingham
• BYOD4L: Learning to use own smart devices for learning and teaching through the 5C framework (Beckingham & Nerantzi, 2015)
• Speedy professional conversations around learning and teaching in higher education via the brand new tweetchat #LTHEchat (Beckingham et al., 2015)
• The Digital Learning & Social Media Research Group
• A student led approach to using social media for academic studies via Sue Beckingham
• #SocMedHE17 Social media for Learning in Higher Education Conference with SMASH
• Research: Networked Practices of Higher Ed Professionals: Publications
• FYI: We will spend 420 million years on social media in 2021

Questions for the community about Twitter and Social Media:

• How can we move beyond social media to study more around social learning?
• What are the interesting communities, interactions, and lessons learned in social media to enhance teaching and learning?
• What is the work of the moderators and facilitators in this social media space? What is the hidden work behind these communities online?
• What is the real value and opportunities in these social media spaces?
• What are the learners and students interested in now? Do they want to engage in social media spaces for teaching, learning, or research?
• Is the default of being open, public the norm for the next generation of learners and educators?

Connect with the guests on Twitter and find their work at:

• @suebecks & blog: https://socialmediaforlearning.com/
• @chrissinerantzi + blog: https://chrissinerantzi.wordpress.com/

What social media platforms and online communities are relevant to you, dear educator? How are you engaging with Twitter or other social spaces these days? Send us a message or tweet. Podcast episode art: X-Ray Specs by @visualthinkery is licenced under CC-BY-SA & Remix by Erika Smith, PhD.