{"id":6865,"date":"2021-02-22T22:04:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/nzext100\/?page_id=6865"},"modified":"2021-02-22T22:04:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T22:04:46","slug":"collaborator-activity-1-the-power-of-twitter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/nzext100\/modules\/collaborator\/collaborator-activity-1-the-power-of-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborator activity 1: The power of Twitter"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Collaborator-banner-3-scaled.jpg.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collaborator-banner-3-scaled.jpg.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/5\/50\/Collaborator-banner-3-scaled.jpg.png\" width=\"1110\" height=\"267\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Social_media_keyboard.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Social media keyboard.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/a\/a6\/Social_media_keyboard.jpg\/350px-Social_media_keyboard.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"175\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<table class=\"cquote\" style=\"margin:auto; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background-color: transparent; width: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201c\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\"> Social networks represent the digital reflection of what humans do: we connect and share.\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20\" valign=\"bottom\" style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 10px;\"> \u201d\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" class=\"cquotecite\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\">\n<p style=\"font-size: smaller; text-align: right;\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u2014Jeremiah Owyang<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\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\/nzext100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Collaborator activity 1<\/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>Watch the video &#8216;Using Twitter Effectively in Education&#8217; (Teaching and Learning in Southern Australia, 2013), with Alec Couros, a professor at the University of Regina.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-eqscr3hu4eg\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\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-eqscr3hu4eg\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/EqSCR3HU4eg?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=\"224.8\" 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\/EqSCR3HU4eg?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"Using Twitter effectively in education\" width=\"400\"><\/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\\\/nzext100\\\/modules\\\/collaborator\\\/collaborator-activity-1-the-power-of-twitter\\\/#arve-youtube-eqscr3hu4eg\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/EqSCR3HU4eg?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\",\"name\":\"Using Twitter effectively in education\"}<\/script>\n\t\n<div class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>560px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div> <\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\">\n<\/p>\n<p>Couros is a leading thinker around digital skills for educators, and the development of PLNs. He explains his thinking about <b>Twitter<\/b> in the video, and why you might want to &#8216;follow&#8217; particular educators or monitor specific hashtags.\n<\/p>\n<p>An alternative to Twitter is the open source equivalent, <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/joinmastodon.org\/\"><b>Mastodon<\/b><\/a>. You can read a short article <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/what-is-mastodon-1052151\/\">here<\/a> about some of the benefits of Mastodon.\n<\/p>\n<p>If you do not have a Twitter or Mastodon account, we encourage you to sign up for one, and to spend some time exploring and experimenting. If you are not sure who you should follow as a user, ask your colleagues for suggestions. Here are some other suggestions to get started.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Mention <b>#extendnz<\/b> in a post commenting on one thing you&#8217;ve learned with regard to using Twitter or Mastodon effectively in education\n<\/li>\n<li> Search for other users who&#8217;ve mentioned #extendnz, and consider adding them to your network\n<\/li>\n<li> Add a course code (e.g. <b>#nzext102<\/b>) to your post, so that peers in the same course can find you\n<\/li>\n<li> Tag <b>@ontarioextend<\/b>, the team whose work we&#8217;re building on!\n<\/li>\n<li> Consider following <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ascilite\">ASCILITE<\/a> (the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education), &#8220;a professional association of 600 members engaged in the application of technology to enhance teaching &amp; learning in higher education&#8221;. 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