Tag: twitter

We don’t need global-level conversation platforms

Aug 29, 2023

in Conference, Social media

AMEE, AMEE23, learning community, mastodon, Meta, social media, social network, Threads, twitter

Instead of more sessions on how to use Twitter to build community (a conversation that’s been going since Twitter launched), I would have liked to see more thoughtful and critical discussion around the use of social media for HPE at the AMEE conference. For example, this piece by Cal Newport, where he questions the idea…
Where does value accrue?

Jul 11, 2023

in Social media

distraction, enshittification, mastodon, social media, Threads, twitter, value

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole this morning, following a few links that started with a post from Inger Mewburn that caught my attention: The enshittification of academic social media. Telling academics they can achieve career success by using today’s algorithmic-driven platforms is like telling Millennials they could afford to buy a…
I deleted my Twitter account

Apr 21, 2023

in Social media

blogging, mastodon, social media, social network, twitter

I deleted my Twitter account about a week ago, but I’ve waited a bit to see if I regretted the decision. There’s a 30-day cooling off period and I didn’t want to write this post, then realise that I’d made a mistake, and recover the account. But the fact is, I don’t miss it at…
Playing around with Mastodon

Nov 5, 2022

in Social media

algorithm, mastodon, microblogging, open source, social media, twitter

I created a profile on Mastodon in 2019, but haven’t done anything with it. I’d check in every now and again to see how the platform was developing and, while I was always intrigued with the notion of an open source microblogging ecosystem, it never really captured my attention. So for a while now, it’s…
SAAHE 2016 conference

Jun 28, 2016

in Conference

notes, saahe, tweets, twitter

I usually post my notes after a conference but this year at SAAHE I mainly used Twitter to keep track of my thoughts during the sessions, which was great because we probably saw more activity on Twitter in PE than ever before. Here is the conference feed using the #saahe2016 hashtag. Note : While it’s great that…
PHT402 Ethics course: Developing an online professional identity

Aug 23, 2013

in Ethics, pht402, Social media, Technology

blogging, clinical education, ethics course, facebook, Online identity, pht402, professional identity, professional presence, social media, twitter

This post was written for the participants of the #pht402 Professional Ethics course. For many of our participants working online has been a new and interesting experience but for most it will probably won’t progress much more than that. This post is intended to highlight how the blogs that have been created as part of…
Social media and professional identity: Part 2 (blogs & microblogs)

Sep 11, 2012

in Social media, Technology

blogging, blogs, microblogging, microblogs, professional identity, social media, twitter

Welcome to Part 2 of my series on using social media to create and develop an online professional identity. Here is the full list of topics that I’m going to cover: Part 1: Introduction to the internet and social media Part 2: Social media, online identity and engagement (blogs and microblogs) Part 3: Academic social…
Extreme writing

Jan 21, 2011

in Research, Technology

article, author, collaborative tools, Google, Google Docs, planner, publication, real time, sprint, study designer, Team, team member, twitter, writing

In February 2010 I came across this blog post discussing the possibility of writing a draft literature review in a short period of time i.e. 1 hour, which I found intriguing. I left a comment on the post saying I was keen to try, and also bounced the idea around on Twitter a bit, but…
Is researching a Twitter feed ethical?

Sep 21, 2010

in Ethics, Social media, Technology

consent, ethics, private, public, research, twitter

I just finished reading an article looking at the feasibility of Twitter as a form of academic conference discourse for non-participants (Ebner et al, 2010). Results of the article aside, which are useful in themselves, it got me thinking about the ethics of conducting research on a public conversation. I know that Twitter is a public platform…
TEDx Johanessburg (session 1) – Iain Thomas

Nov 18, 2009

in Conference

ambiguous stories, author, Carnegie Mellon, condition/injury, einstein, Fight club, iain thomas, johannesburg, ken robinson, micro stories, randy pausch, stories, tedx, tedxjhb, tedxjohannesburg, twitter

The first session at TEDx Johannesburg began with Iain Thomas, the author of ambiguous micro stories at I wrote this for you. Here’s the site tagline, which is great: “I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get…
Chromium browser and extensions

Nov 7, 2009

in Technology

chromium, chromium browser, extensions, Firefox, Google, google chrome, linux, the Chromium daily, twitter, ubuntu, youtube

So the Linux build of Chromium (the open source browser than Google Chrome is based on) has been out for a while now and every now and again I’ve been upgrading to the latest developer release just to see how it’s coming along. Lately, the builds have been a lot more stable, font rendering hasn’t…
Can established research methodologies cope with social media?

Oct 29, 2009

in Research, Social media

danah boyd, Dean of Research, facebook, Google Group, methodology, microblogging, protocol, research, review protocol, slideshare, social media, supervisor, systematic review, twitter

Yesterday I was talking to my supervisor about how I’m having difficulty designing a protocol for my systematic review. The guidelines I’m looking at are very good for designing a structured process for searching through the literature, but they’re not very good at helping me to define a search that includes social media. The JBI…
Is blogging the “new” lifestream?

Sep 6, 2009

in Social media

blogging, delicious, facebook, flickr, Flickr stream, friendfeed, lifestream, online properties, scribd, slideshare, twitter

A little while ago I was wondering what platform I could use to aggregate my various online properties (Flickr, Delicious, Twitter, etc.) in a so-called “lifestream” and someone suggested that Friendfeed might be feasible. I looked into it for a while, but couldn’t commit to it because something didn’t feel right about using one service…
Sharing documents and profiles

Jul 11, 2009

in Social media

abstract, facebook, flickr, mendeley, publishing, research, scribd, slideshare, twitter

I’ve been meaning to play around with Scribd for a while now but never felt I had anything useful to put up. After uploading some conference presentations on Slideshare a week ago and seeing the steadily climbing views, I finally decided to get a few abstracts together and upload them publicly. You can see them…
Thoughts on SAAHE 2009

Jul 4, 2009

in Conference, Education

health education, higher education, saahe, twitter, university, wits

Another SAAHE has come and gone and once again, it was an absolute pleasure to attend. The conference was well organised, the presentations were interesting and informative and I think everyone was able to go home having received something of value. I’ll try and share some of my notes and reflections over the course of…
Twitter clients: Choqok

Jun 30, 2009

in Social media, Technology

choqok, gnome, gwibber, kde, seesmic, separate search window, tweetdeck, twhirl, twitter, twitter client, type applications

I’ve always used Tweetdeck to follow what’s going on with the people I follow (on Twitter, not stalking). I have Seesmic installed, as well as Twhirl and I’ve experimented with Gwibber. I’ve known about Choqok for a while now but haven’t really played around with it very much, until recently. First of all, it’s not…
TWiT and Twitter conversations (no relation)

Jun 30, 2009

in Social media, Technology

communications platform, education, leo laporte, mozilla open education, MozOpenEdCourse, pdf, pedagogy, personal democracy forum, this week in tech, time magazine, tweetdeck, twit, twitter

I listen to a podcast called This Week in Tech (TWiT), hosted by Leo Laporte and few other tech writers and hosts of their own shows (if you don’t listen to TWiT and you’re interested in tech, I’d definitely recommend it). There are 2 things I specifically want to mention about 2 of the recent…
Mozilla Open Education course: seminar 3

Apr 28, 2009

in Education, Open access, Technology

API, Chris Blizzard, course, Google, html, instantaneous communication network, Javascript, model of open technology, mozilla, MozOpenEdCourse, open education, open technology, open web, open web technology, poor internet connectivity, printing press, technology, twitter, web browser, web tech, web technology, web video

Open web tech Again, I missed this seminar because of poor internet connectivity on the day and am catching up on the audio after the fact. Here are my notes from the presentation given by Mozilla’s Chris Blizzard. Open as a concept Innovation and change = important building blocks Relevance and why open matters Repurposing…
Physiopedia: awesome physiotherapy reference site

Apr 5, 2009

in Education, Physiotherapy, Social media

awesome physiotherapy reference site, clinicians, creative commons, education, evidence based practice, open content, openphysio, physiopedia, physiotherapy, Rachael Lowe, reference, registered physiotherapist, site creator, students, twitter

I came across Physiopedia when the site creator, Rachael Lowe, followed me on Twitter. Physiopedia is a free (to access, not edit) physiotherapy reference that has a great emphasis on being evidence based. You must be a registered physiotherapist to get an account that enables you to contribute, which is how the site maintains quality…
Mozilla Open Education Course

Mar 30, 2009

in Education, Open access, Technology

cclearn, creative commons, educators, mozilla, MozOpenEdCourse, online seminars, open education, open pedagogy, open technology, p2pu, Peer to peer, peer to peer university, twitter

I’m excited to be participating in an open education course that’s been organised by Mozilla, ccLearn and the Peer to peer university (P2PU). The course aims to provide educators with some foundational awareness of Creative Commons licensing, the educational aspect of the Mozilla foundation and the P2PU. There are three broad areas that will be…