Twitter in Large Lecture Classes

Twitter in Large Lecture ClassesHashtag for discussion: #UOregon(Tweeting during this talk is welcome.)

Tiffany Derville Gallicano, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorSchool of Journalism and Communication Twitter handle: @derville

Digital Immigrants

Slow and controlled release of information

Singular processing

Work independently

Linear, logical, sequential information

Quick and frequently updated information

Rapidly shifting processing among tasks

Interact with many people at the same time

Random access to hyperlinked multimedia

Digital Nativesvs.

Adapted from Ian Jukes and Anita Dosaj (the InfoSavvy group, Gartner), originally published in a Porter Novelli white paper (2008)

Mixed Reactions

1. Ask students to raise their hands if they use Twitter.

2. Explain what Twitter is.

3. Talk about why you are adopting it in the classroom.

4. Discuss creating a profile and using the class hashtag.

5. Establish ground rules.

6. Encourage students to see GTFs for help with Twitter.

7. Remind students they can tweet at the start of class.

Questions, Stories and Comments

You can reach me at derville@uoregon.edu and at @derville.