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Why, How, What: Practical Approaches for Twitter in Professional Development

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Why, How, What: Practical Approaches for Twitter in Professional Development

 

Primary Presenter: Mark Gammon

Co-Presenter: Aisha Jackson

Organization: University of Colorado Boulder

Role: Academic Technology Researcher

Track: Demonstration

Topic: Social Media (Facebook, Wiki, Google)

Level: For Mere Mortals

 

Abstract: Technologies like Twitter afford new opportunities for the way people access information and how information itself is created and disseminated. We recently experienced this idea in an online conversation where participants expressed that they had learned more on Twitter than other types of professional development. During this presentation we will use data from our Twitter study to inform a hands-on demonstration and discussion about how Twitter can be used by educators for professional development.

 

Bio: Mark Gammon is a researcher with Academic Technology at CU Boulder. Mark has been working in social media for nearly a decade, both as a researcher and as a practitioner. He has advanced degrees in student affairs and sociology, where his Ph.D. dissertation focused on better understanding college students and their relationships with social-mobile technologies. Mark currently has a research fellowship in social media and is working on several projects related to social media and higher education.

 

Description: Technologies like Twitter afford new opportunities for the way people access information and how information itself is created and disseminated. We recently experienced this idea in an online conversation where participants expressed that they had learned more on Twitter than other types of professional development. In an effort to better understand this phenomenon we initiated a research project to explore the value of Twitter for professional development.

This presentation will draw on data from a grant-sponsored study about educator’s use of Twitter for professional development to inform a hands-on demonstration and discussion. The focus of the session will be on translating ideas and insights generated by survey and interview data into practical approaches and recommendations about how individuals can use Twitter for their own professional development.

The presentation is divided into three sections. During the first section, we will share information about our study, including vignettes drawn from research participants, that illustrate uses of Twitter for professional development. These vignettes will inform a demonstration of several tools that facilitate using Twitter for professional development. In the final section we will engage with participants in a discussion about how Twitter might influence their own professional development practices.

 

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