This presentation is about how we can use Twitter in education, specially for undergrad students at universities. Feel free to download and use it.

2. Harnessing twitter for learning purpose Avijit Paul Multimedia University, Malaysia

3. Demographics &OBJECTIVE Self learning Active learning Increasing engagement Create knowledge classroom of 100 students Undergraduate student

4. How to use twitter Brief history of twitter &

5. Twitter101 tweet With 140 characters we need to say what we want to share Geo loation Enabling location of where we are tweeting from Retweet (rt) Sharing another person’s tweet hashtag @replies Geo location Hashtag (#) is used to mark a keyword or a topic From where we are tweeting from A reply is update posted by clicking the "Reply" button on another Tweet

7. revisitingdemographics & objective Self learning Active learning Create knowledge Create knowledge classroom of 100 students Undergraduate student Increasing engagement

8. exciting learning environment What do students want for an

9. have fun in the class

10. Using twitter in academia What can we use it for

11. Creating knowledgeLock Haven University, Lock Haven, USA Faculty: How has reading MBM changed your ideas about responsibility or obligations toward people who are poorer than you are? Student01: @Faculty Reading mbm has made me less self centered. I realized alot of ppl need help and you can help them by doing simple things:) Student02: @Faculty It made me realize how selfless I need to be, just like how Farmer put his dedication toward helping others before his own needs. Student03: I’ve realized that helping the less fortunate is a social and moral responsibility that nobody is exempt from to help make the world better.

12. Instant feedbackLock Haven University, Lock Haven, USA Faculty: 3 min paper option for the 21st is to tweet questions you have for upper-class pre-health professional students. Due 12pm 10/21. Student01: @Faculty I have a psych class at noon. How am I supposed to attend? Faculty: @Student01 If you can’t attend because of scheduling conflict, please complete 3 min paper about last class.

13. organizationSouth Dakota State University, Brookings,USA Faculty: Anyone interested in forming a study group? Student01:@Faculty for what class Student02: @Faculty For what class? Student03: @Faculty study group for what? Faculty: @Student01 @Student02 @Student03 What class would you like to form a study group for? Chem? Student05: Both Chemistry and Biology would be nice. OK how about a Chem and Bio study group? Who is in? Student06: Anyone that wants to have a study group for Bio or Chem. Let me know and I’m in!

14. Ask a questionThe Pennsylvania State University, University Park,USA Student02: @Faculty Why are you training to become a health professional? is what I would ask them, could I go to the discussion. Alas, Bio lab. Student03: @Faculty My question is, How many of you are planning to go into radiology and why? Student04: @Faculty My question is – What made you decide the specific career in the health field you want to pursue? Student05: @Faculty My question is: How many Medical schools did you apply to and how did you choose which ones to apply to?

15. Learning environment And there is one more thing about

16. Hole in the wall project in 1999

17. long Period So do the students really do it over

18. Number of tweets sent each week of the semester. Note: Twitter use began on the second week.

19. What do we need In order to apply and test

20. Million dollar grant? - NO Another

21. Just tweetdeck will do for students

23. Can track the hashtag, DM, message etc in real time

25. Everyone is well connected in #altc2011

26. No one is connected for #tweetdrive

27. Track a specific person, say @FieryRed1 173

28. Twitteralytics@hawksey All you need is free and open source tools such as

29. Overall usage Classroom Community Class Chatter Self learning Writing Assignments Instant Feedback Knowledge creation Follow a Professional

30. Thankyou Avijit Paul @cdtavijit

31. Image Credits (Not in order) http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2008/03/140-chars.html http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d3df553ef010536a9030d970c-pi http://cms.searchenginewatch.com/IMG/436/186436/twitter-five-years-infographic.jpg?1311115350 http://blog.carolynworks.com/wp-content/uploads/lecture-hall.png http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmiyamoto/2299976645/sizes/l/in/photostream/