I hosted one of the technology coffee mornings at the OpenU (still trying that term) the other day, called "Twitter, microblogging and living in the stream". I talked about my use of twitter, and how we need to think of it as a different type of communication. My conclusion was that 'social is the new substratum'. A prize for anyone who can explain to me what I meant by that...
Here is the slidecast, and you can download the Powerpoint from Slideshare:
Hi Martin
Cant agree more with your "social is substratum" comment.
I find twitter is more democratic than say forums and also it is very informal way of communication. Boundaries between teachers and students are smudged.
We are launching a Project called Pacman where we will use twitter for pastoral case management. This is an offshoot of my work with project students where I realised that twitter can be a useful informal coomunication tool with my project students. I used other tools like wiki, e-logs which were more formal in feel as was evident from student comments when I interviewed them.
some really good thoughts and you help me see it better. thanks.
Manish
Posted by: Manish | 15/09/2008 at 03:15 PM
I've watched the slideshow and still don't understand what you mean by 'social is the new substratum' - surely 'the social' has always underlayed (is that a word?) our actions and activities?
I also think you're a bit hasty in using the Gartner hype cycle in an educational document - I don't think it's reliable or predictive. However, I do agree with your model for uses of twitter - interesting stuff!
Posted by: Christian | 16/09/2008 at 09:16 AM
Great blog Martin.
http://eduspaces.net/leoncych/weblog/479135.html
Posted by: Leon Cych | 17/10/2008 at 11:50 AM
I also think you're a bit hasty in using the Gartner hype cycle in an educational document - I don't think it's reliable or predictive. However, I do agree with your model for uses of twitter - interesting stuff!
Posted by: eve isk | 18/06/2009 at 07:58 AM