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guy saward posted an update in the group Design for Open Learning 10 years, 7 months ago
Have just listened to the podcast from yesterday as could not listen in real time. Was interested to hear people talking about best ways to communicate. Seems like Twitter was the top choice, and for me this is another chance to dip my toe into something that I don’t really use though it fits the bill as part of the open learning meme.
For me, my natural tendency is to follow the discussion in the forums (via emails) which seem richer but more old school – and don’t appear on the Twitter conversation visualisation / leader board!
But hopefully, I have done enough to earn my explorer badges – which is what it is all about, in my first real experience of playing the game in a gamified environment. If its good enough for students, its good enough for me 😉
… or aliens – mention of badges always makes me think of http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ging-Gang-Goolie-Alien-Jets/dp/0006730043 – fab story and family favourite!
What do other people think twitter vs G+ vs Facebook vs other social meda as means of notionally open platforms for engagement, discussion, sharing etc?
I use FB with a couple of closed groups but don’t like it very much. It’s a handy platform if you know who you’re dealing with, but it’s a little over exposed. I’m new to G+ and exploring that now on this MOOC. Twitter is still a mystery to me.
Interesting – thanks Mark.
I have dipped into and out off Twitter and G+ but lacked critical mass / purpose for engaging heavily with either (though liked the G+ circles functionality).
My personal engagement with FB waxes and wanes but has driven some work to look at linking it to the VLE as a way of keeping students informed – but not sure how well it is working in reality. more work to do!
I think of Facebook as a personal social tool and as such I find it a bit dangerous/scary. I never know who can see what or where my comment or pictures may end up (even when you use the different privacy options!) so I use it very cautiously. If I was going to use it for professional networking I would start a new account separate to my personal one.
I tried Twitter but never got hooked. It seems to be one of the preferred means of communication amongst many academics (at least here in Australia) so it’s one of the items in my TO DO list.
I also started using Google+ after a conference a couple of years ago, but lost track after a while.
I’ve been experimenting with Twitter, which I follow on my phone, but it is a little too ephemeral for me, too fast moving and disjointed. I do not see much real interaction happening there. I do see it as a good way to distribute things quickly to people you know are folloing it. You can write a blog post and send it to twitter using the #octel tag and people will see it… Otherwise, I also prefer forums for sustained, in depth conversations.