Twitter for Academia March 2012) http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/ TWE
May 13, 2015
Twitter for Academia (v3 March 2012)
http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/TWEI
@KTDigital
TODAY
• Is Twitter right for you?
• Your Twitter Profile
• Connecting to people and curating content
• Ideas for academic use
• Three Step Strategy
• Impact
WHAT IS TWITTER?
Twitter is a micro-blogging platform composed of 140 character answers (tweets) to one question “what’s happening?”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twitteroffice/5885172082/in/photostream/
LISTEN TO THE NOISE OF OXFORD
@UniofOxford @UnivOxford @KelloggOx @SomervilleOx @MansfieldOxford @WolfsonCollege @PembrokeOxford @magdalenoxford @StAnnesCollege @WadhamAlumni @OxfordSBS @oxfordclassics @oiioxford @oxmartinschool @engfac @TheSmithSchool @BlavatnikSchool @oxford_anthro @AshmoleanMuseum @OBGHA @OxfordTheses @OxfordCareers @oxfordpodcasts @oxfordweblearn @LTGOxford @ITLPOXFORD @oucsits3 @oucs @OxWISER @bodleianlibs @jjcollephemera @MHSOxford @radcliffescilib @TheOxStu @OxfordUnion @UniodOxfordSI @OxfordExams @OxfordGradStudy @oxcei @oxfordunishop @OxfordTalks @OpenSpires @galaxyzoo @oxford_thinking @oucunews @mobileox @ww1lit @RunCoCo @modelling4all…….
Social media
THE BIG FOUR
WHAT DO YOU NEED YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE TO DO?
Your Twitter Profile
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Connect
CURATING CONTENT
APP INTEGRATION
30% Chatter
70%Content
Allan Johnson@thisisallanhttp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/01/18/using-twitter-for-curated-academic-content/
HOW TO CITE A TWEET
Last Name, First Name (Username) “The tweet in its entirety”. Date. Time. Tweet.
http://www.mla.org/style/handbook_faq/cite_a_tweet
Engage
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: @
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: RT
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: HT
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #
Content is King
TWITTER FOR RESEARCHERS
• Tweet your work (and link to open full / summary versions of publications)
• Tweet other’s work• Ask questions• Crowdsource information• Reach out to external audiences
http://melissaterras.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/is-blogging-and-tweeting-about-research.htmlhttp://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/blogging-and-twitter-audiohttp://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/blogging-and-tweeting-about-research-papers-worth-it-video
TWITTER IN TEACHING
• Create a course hashtag
• Ask students to identify key points of a lecture in 140 characters, display and discuss.
• Hold a ‘Tweetorial’ (c. @MarcusduSautoy)
• Tweet links to interesting articles, blogs, etc.
• Live tweet conferences / events
• Curate Lists
• 100 ways to use Twitter in Education
THE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
• Use the conference hashtag
• Introduce each session/talk
• Boil statements down to main point
• Link to speaker resources
• Any questions?
http://inflexionadvisors.com/blog/2010/05/13/how-to-live-tweet-a-conference/
http://jeffhurtblog.com/2011/04/25/ten-tips-for-successful-conference-tweeting/
USING TWITTER IN DEPARTMENTS / COLLEGES
• Tweet outside speakers and events
• Tweet news to students
• Foster internal comms
• Connect with alumni
TWITTER FOR UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
• Tweet events and activities
• Tweet something we can’t find on your homepage
• Gather user/visitor feedback
• Customer service
• Create a daily/weekly feature
• Get creative!
A Twitter Strategy
1. BUILD TRACTION (BUT MANAGE YOUR TIME)
2. BUILD MOMENTUM
SOCIAL NETWORKING AGGREGATORS
• Hootsuite• Tweetdeck
BACKUP YOUR TWEETS
• Twitterscribe
• Hootsuite Archives
• The Archivist
• Twistory
• RSS (Google Reader)
http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/22/6-ways-to-get-around-ifttt-for-twitter-archiving/
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives 10_ways_to_archive_your_tweets.php
3. EXPAND
Culture24: Measure your impact onlinehttp://weareculture24.org.uk/projects/action-research/how-to-evaluate-success-online/
ALTMETRIC: HTTP://WWW.ALTMETRIC.COM/
SUMMARY IN 3
1. Twitter is a conversation
2. Twitter is a channel – it’s the content that’s important!
3. Relationships take time
TWITTER GUIDEShttp://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/09/29/twitter-guide/
@KTDigital
Slides can be found at: http://www.slideshare.net/ktlindsay