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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
{{quotation|Is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via SMS, instant messaging or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.}} (Ramsden, 2008/Wikipedia). | {{quotation|Is a free social networking and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-blogging micro-blogging] service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via SMS, instant messaging or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.}} (Ramsden, 2008/Wikipedia). | ||
== In education == | |||
[[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] thinks that twitter replicates very much what people do with SMSs and instant messaging. Therefore one could use this technology to implement [[mobile learning]]/[[ubiquitous learning]] type of things, e.g.: | |||
* data gathering scenarios (learners send data about something they observe to a central place) | |||
* ideas gathering (including back channels for classroom and lecture hall teaching. | |||
Furthermore, this kind of microblogging | |||
* what is hot/going on in large multi-session conferences | |||
* to rely important last minute informations / reminders to students | |||
Since messages are very short, they also can be sent from a cell phone. | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://twitter.com/ Twitter.com] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Twitter] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter Twitter] (Wikipedia) | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
* [http://twitter.com/edmedia Edmedia08 Twitter] | * [http://twitter.com/edmedia Edmedia08 Twitter] | ||
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[[Category: Social computing]] | [[Category: Social computing]] | ||
[[Category: Technologies]] | [[Category: Technologies]] | ||
[[Category: Mobile computing]] | |||
Revision as of 14:04, 7 July 2008
Definition
“Is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send "updates" (or "tweets"; text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) to the Twitter website, via SMS, instant messaging or a third-party application such as Twitterrific or Facebook.” (Ramsden, 2008/Wikipedia).
In education
Daniel K. Schneider thinks that twitter replicates very much what people do with SMSs and instant messaging. Therefore one could use this technology to implement mobile learning/ubiquitous learning type of things, e.g.:
- data gathering scenarios (learners send data about something they observe to a central place)
- ideas gathering (including back channels for classroom and lecture hall teaching.
Furthermore, this kind of microblogging
- what is hot/going on in large multi-session conferences
- to rely important last minute informations / reminders to students
Since messages are very short, they also can be sent from a cell phone.
Links
- Twitter.com
- Twitter (Wikipedia)
Examples
Bibliography
- Ramsden, Andy (2008). How and why are people using Twitter: A small group study. Technical report, University of Bath, Abstract_/PDF