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Enhancing Education with Real-Time Twitter Engagement: A Case Study

This case study explores innovative uses of Twitter in higher education, highlighting Monica Rankin's experiment at UT Dallas and Cole Camplese's backchannel at Penn State. It discusses the integration of new media tools in a First-Year Seminar that emphasizes practical application over mere study. Best practices, including hashtag usage and student-librarian engagement through blogging, are identified. Positive student feedback underscores the effectiveness of these approaches. Learn how to implement Twitter engagement in academic environments and the potential for future expansion.

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Enhancing Education with Real-Time Twitter Engagement: A Case Study

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  1. Embedded by Hashtag: Using Twitter to Provide Real-Time Reference and Instruction Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pallotron/1956250348/

  2. Background • Monica Rankin’s Twitter Experiment at UT Dallas • Cole Camplese’s Twitter Backchannel at Penn State • Dr. W. Gardner Campbell, director of Baylor’s Academy for Teaching and Learning, Prof. of Literature and Media Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imageme/3133959128/

  3. From Memex to YouTube • First-Year Seminar class • Introduction to New Media Studies • Use new media tools, not just study them Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davefayram/4354858309/

  4. The Wiki-Syllabus

  5. The “MotherBlog”

  6. Setting it Up • Used TweetDeck • Monitored Group and #nmsf09 Hashtag • Used URL shorteners • Twitter list

  7. Greeting the Librarian

  8. What I linked • Anything! • Books in the catalog • Wikipedia entries • Websites • YouTube Videos • Articles in library subscription databases Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/willmontague/3813295674/

  9. What I linked • Related to author being discussed • Related to class discussion • Reactions to tweets • Explained library resources • Explained Twitter (RT, @ replies) • Just for fun • Invitations for consultations Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/willmontague/3813295674/

  10. The “Art” of Tweeting • Attended online conference during 5th week of semester Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/4275252121/

  11. The “Art” of Tweeting • Students saw a good model of “conference tweeting” • If you want your students to tweet/blog/etc. well, YOU need to tweet/blog/etc. well. Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/4275252121/

  12. Librarian Jazz Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoryclub/280951279/

  13. Librarian Jazz Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoryclub/280951279/

  14. Librarian Jazz Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoryclub/280951279/

  15. Librarian Jazz Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theoryclub/280951279/

  16. Blogging • Blogged my own thoughts on the class topics • Following student blogs provided a place for librarian and student to interact earlier in the research process. Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/antigone/457089364/

  17. Student Responses • Overwhelmingly positive experience • Contacted me outside of class • Very informal survey • Learned more about library resources via interaction with librarian Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrygoldenfeld/4143615126/

  18. Best Practices • Use a #hashtag • Archive your class tweets • Use a URL shortener which provides statistics Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaparral/2251269261/

  19. Best Practices • What about “Tweckling”? • Is Twitter just a distraction? • Best for larger or smaller classrooms? • Subject of certain classes better suited? Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaparral/2251269261/

  20. Future Directions • Repeating project again this fall • How to scale up? • Use grad students, professionals from field of study • Follow tweets/blogs of students Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/b-tal/116220689/

  21. Implement on Your Campus • Get yourself & your library on Twitter • Find professors who use Twitter personally/professionally • Integrate Twitter into existing embedded librarian program • New media, educational technology, journalism, PR Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/conlawprof/462871594/

  22. Ellen Hampton Filgo E-Learning Librarian Baylor University Libraries Ellen_Filgo@baylor.edu http://homepages.baylor.edu/ellen_filgo Twitter: @filgo Picture from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetruthabout/2668888527/

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