Monday@1pm
Twitter in HE
Stephen Fry: "It's called Twitter. Not Serious Debate or Marketing Tool"
... So does it have a place in Higher Education?
Date: 1 March 2010 (1:00pm)
Venue: Online
The JISC RSC South East invites you to the latest in its series of Monday@1pm webinars, our regular free Online Seminars aimed at practitioners in FE, WBL and ACL across the South East region held at 1pm on Mondays. The topic for Monday,1st March 2010 will be:
Twitter in HE
Dr Bex Lewis, Blended Learning Fellow and Lecturer in History and Media Studies, University of Winchester
Content
Time is short, money is short. There’s a lot of change going on in the world, methods of communication are changing… which do we invest time or money in?
- What is Twitter? How do you use it?
- What are the ‘conventions’ of Twitter?
- What are some of the Twitter tools, third party apps, and how can Twitter lists help?
- How can Twitter help with your academic profile?
- How might Twitter help in the classroom?
Speaker
Dr Bex Lewis is Blended Learning Fellow and Lecturer in History and Media Studies at the University of Winchester. Her academic specialism is Second World War propaganda posters, which she regards as the precursor of Twitter in some ways!
Using Instant Presenter
This Online Seminar will go live at 12:45pm.
Click on the following link to log in:
http://www.InstantPresenter.com/rscsouthe92
These sessions are offered free of charge and are provided using Instant Presenter. Staff wishing to participate in the session will need access to a computer with a web browser, broadband connection and headphones or speakers. More detailed information can be found on the Instant Presenter site and we recommend that you run a system test to check whether your PC is compatible.
Location: Online
Cost (£): Free
Organiser: JISC RSC SE
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