1. Social Networking in scientific conferences -
Twitter as tool for strengthen a scientific
community
Wolfgang Reinhardt
University of Paderborn
Martin Ebner
TU Graz
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2. How could we make use of Science 2.0
opportunities for Technology Enhanced
Learning researchers?
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3. How can the micro-blogging tool Twitter be
used on scientific conferences for e-Learning
scientists?
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4. web 2.0
Web 2.0 is an attitude not a technology - This
means there is no technological revolution, it is
a social revolution.
Stephen Downes
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5. web 2.0
Todays users are working completely
different, instead of mainly consuming
information from static webpages, they play
an active role, they contribute, discuss and
share information around the globe.
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6. http://www.motor-talk.de/attachment/620692/Golf%20in%20Einzelteilen.jpg • 140 characters • Followers
• from mobile, client or web interface • Direct messages
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• Direct messages • #Hashtags
• @Mentions (Replies) and Retweets • Open API

7. Communities in Twitter form by the common
usage of a hashtag that is part of the
message.
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8. Twitter in conferences?
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9. Surveys
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10. Backchannel
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11. Twitterwall
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12. Instant Feedback
Ask for Questions
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13. Use CaseED-MEDIA 2009
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14. TwitterVisBT allows making
snapshots of the development of
a community on Twitter on a
regular basis and analyzing the
contents of the respective
communication of the community.
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15. ED-MEDIA is an international
conference on “Educational
Multimedia, Hypermedia &
Telecommunication”. The 2009
venue was Honolulu, Hawaii.
About 1.000 participants every
year attend numerous sessions
and workshops for 5 days.
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16. Several hints to the Twitter stream
were given beforehand the
beginning of the conference as
well as at the conference.
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19. users
other
Tags
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20. dynamic tag cloud
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21. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gbatistini/3778521713/
Conclusion
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Outlook

22. visualization of content and
dynamics in the network
who is the heartbeat?
Hot topics
! semantical analysis, RDF
Artefact-Actor-Networks
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23. Wolfgang Reinhardt
@wollepb
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Hendrik Drachsler
@HDrachsler
Steve Wheeler
@timbuckteeth
#icl09

25. Thank you
Want to know more?
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Wolfgang Reinhardt
University of Paderborn
Institute of Computer Science
Working Group Didactics of Informatics
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