{"id":13323,"date":"2022-04-14T03:44:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T03:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/?page_id=13323"},"modified":"2022-04-14T03:44:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T03:44:17","slug":"oeru-social-network","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/oeru-social-network\/","title":{"rendered":"OERu social network"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Hashtag-on-blue.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hashtag-on-blue.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/84\/Hashtag-on-blue.png\/320px-Hashtag-on-blue.png\" width=\"320\" height=\"197\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The OERu hosts its own social learning network using <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.oeru.org\/\">mastodon.oeru.org<\/a> for course specific activities and a backchannel for our learning community. A <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Backchannel\">backchannel<\/a> is a networked conversation that runs alongside the primary course conversations. You will need to know how to use the course hashtag in your toots for course related posts: <b>#LiDA101<\/b><br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>What is a Mastodon social network?<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mastodon_(software)\">Mastodon<\/a> is a federated social network with microblogging features similar to Twitter. As a federated technology, it is administered independently across many open source software servers around the world called <i>instances<\/i> rather than a single corporate provider. The OERu instance of Mastodon is hosted at  <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.oeru.org\">mastodon.oeru.org<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-ipsbndbmwke\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-ipsbndbmwke\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IPSbNdBmWKE?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IPSbNdBmWKE?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"What is the Mastodon?\" width=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/course.oeru.org\\\/lida101\\\/learning-pathways\\\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\\\/oeru-social-network\\\/#arve-youtube-ipsbndbmwke\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/IPSbNdBmWKE?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"What is the Mastodon?\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<div class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>320px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Toot using the course hashtag<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><b>Purpose<\/b>: Confirm digital skills to post a toot using the course hashtag.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Resources<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Help resources: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/support\/studying-courses\/oeru-social-network\/\">Getting started with the OERu social network<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Tasks<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.oeru.org\/about\">Create an account<\/a> on mastodon.oeru.org (if you don&#8217;t already have one).\n<\/li>\n<li> Complete or update your <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.oeru.org\/settings\/profile\">profile information<\/a> (Don&#8217;t forget to do this otherwise your name and image will be undefined in the course feed.).\n<ul>\n<li> Fill out a display name (most learners use their real name)\n<\/li>\n<li> Upload an avatar or profile image\n<\/li>\n<li> Click &#8220;Save changes&#8221;.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li> Post a toot and include the hashtag &#8220;<b>#LiDA101<\/b>&#8221; in the body of your post, sharing a comment about your learning on this course. 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(Results are displayed in the fourth column on a wide screen display with the column heading: #LiDA101.)\n<\/li>\n<li> Post a reply to at least one #LiDA101 toot and &#8220;favourite&#8221; mentions you like.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.043 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.050 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 247\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1076\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 11067\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 4223\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 9\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:183501-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20220414034416 and revision id 1047447\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/posting-a-wenote-comment\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida101\/learning-pathways\/introduction-to-digital-literacies\/introduction-to-digital-literacy\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA101\/Mastodon\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"3b2190d9e90f70bb3a871628eab93cad\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA101\/Mastodon\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"3b2190d9e90f70bb3a871628eab93cad\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The OERu hosts its own social learning network using mastodon.oeru.org for course specific activities and a backchannel for our learning community. 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