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The Twitter Experiment - UT Dallas



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Dr. Rankin, professor of History at UT Dallas, wanted to know how to reach more students and involve more people in class discussions both in and out of the classroom. She had heard of Twitter... She collaborated with the UT Dallas, Arts and Technology - Emerging Media and Communications (EMAC) http://www.emac.utdallas.edu faculty and as a Graduate student in EMAC I assisted her in her experiment.
I documented the experiment for a digital video class with Professor Dean Terry, @therefore, and assisted Dr. Rankin in the experiment as a part of my collaboration and content creation course with Dan Langendor, @dlangendorf.
It was a real pleasure to work with Dr. Rankin - a forward-thinking professor open to the intelligent use of new media.


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I'm sorry but if, ... ( 1 year ago by peapodfontaine)
I'm sorry but if, after each class, I was the TA that had to post all the hand-written comments I would kill myself.
Is there not a student computer lab at this school? Let the students post their own damned comments. Why on earth would this be the TA's responsibility? Education is not customer service.
AGREED !!!!!!!!!!! ( 1 year ago by theMezz)
AGREED !!!!!!!!!!!
why do people say " ... ( 11 months ago by jaytoddmartin)
why do people say "actually" so much? What's a better word to say instead?
Hundreds of Twitter ... ( 10 months ago by skruvisx)
Hundreds of Twitter accounts hacked bit . ly/2T8NBn
Hundreds of Twitter ... ( 10 months ago by skruvisx)
Hundreds of Twitter accounts hacked bit . ly/2T8NBn
Education SHOULD be ... ( 10 months ago by richardvg03)
Education SHOULD be customer service... we PAY for a service... correct???
jaytodd: Education ... ( 10 months ago by bleckb)
jaytodd: Education isn't a product/service like milk or car repair. What you are paying for is the opportunity to apprentice with someone who knows a lot more than you. What you get out of it depends upon what you put into it.
Array ( 9 months ago by turcorox911)
in reality
and depending on how it's used, you could possibly use: truly, indeed, in certainty, and stuff of the like
thesaurus is always there too
i mean i love ... ( 9 months ago by ultratux2000)
i mean i love twitter (btw @maxtillich haha) but hey, there is a life after the university and the sudents will have to speak in front of a group of people and they will need more than 140 chars. i got the idea but you dont help "the shy" people you rather isolate them by giving them a platform.
This is great! ... ( 9 months ago by PHATVW)
This is great! Twitter used as a collaborative tool.
the beginning of a ... ( 6 months ago by miguelango)
the beginning of a trend!
Dr. Rankin is hot. ... ( 6 months ago by dmedeirosrj)
Dr. Rankin is hot... great teacher
I think, that ... ( 6 months ago by Mephistopelus)
I think, that Google Wave might be more useful for class collaborating.
@Mephistopelus ... ( 6 months ago by LOTRzagorath)
@Mephistopelus Absolutely; Wave is brilliant for collaboration—this is the perfect use case. In the meantime, I think Buzz would be more useful than Twitter though, because of the inline comments.
@LOTRzagorath ... ( 6 months ago by Mephistopelus)
@LOTRzagorath Totally agree:)
This video, is not more than PR of Twitter, thought.
Agreed, as it ... ( 5 months ago by kesmit3)
Agreed, as it develops - Twitter was good because users could use their cellphones to post comments...
@LOTRzagorath ... ( 5 months ago by zestyguy)
@LOTRzagorath That's assuming people have actually learned to use Google Wave by now. It's a UI nightmare, and is completely unintuitive. The potential is huge, yes, but it's the technologies which are easy to use that catch on. It's a large reason why a product like the iPhone, which is not fully featured compared to some of its peers, is so successful. It's an effortless user experience. There are people who still don't know what Google Wave even does.
Started using this ... ( 2 months ago by AdamTyma)
Started using this in my large lecture class last spring. Really works well.
Array ( 1 month ago by philforcedotcom)
Positive thoughts:
1. Sounds like fun. The stimulation keeps students involved and maybe even retained for the institution.
2. The quick gathering of student feedback allows the prof to gauge if they are "getting it" when presented with material.
3. Profs demonstrate they are "hip" by usurping youngster social technology for learning purposes keeping bridges between generations open, even in overly crowded classrooms.
Possibly negative ... ( 1 month ago by philforcedotcom)
Possibly negative thoughts:
1. Twittering is great for espousing guttural, off-the cuff thoughts helping "keep the lights turned on" in the digitally-addicted, "entertain me or I'll tune you out" generations. I didn't see much deep thinking in any of those displayed posts. Yet, the empty sound bite culture Gen X'ers were taught as "a plague to western culture" is now encouraged in 140 or less characters for the Millennial and Gen Y'ers. Gads!
2. Did the guy ... ( 1 month ago by philforcedotcom)
2. Did the guy gradually lose "faith in humanity" by realizing his fellow classmates can scarcely use correct grammar or spelling, even in an expensive college class? Thus: "the integration was recieveing resistance from the mayor..."
3. Finally, did the editors realize "sophmore" is misspelled? That would be sort of like misspelling "Dalas," right? Not an English professor here, but a history enthusiast and a computer tech (not a Luddite). Emoticon -> :)
Overall, great work to be commended!
2. Did the guy ... ( 1 month ago by philforcedotcom)
2. Did the guy gradually lose "faith in humanity" by realizing his fellow classmates can scarcely use correct grammar or spelling, even in an expensive college class? Thus: "the integration was recieveing resistance from the mayor..."
3. Finally, did the editors realize "sophmore" is misspelled? (That would be sort of like misspelling "Dalas," right? Not an English professor here, but a history enthusiast and a computer tech (not a Luddite). Emoticon -> :)
Overall, great work to be commended!
Hi @philforcedotcom ... ( 4 weeks ago by stevemac121)
Hi @philforcedotcom - Fair point, but this can be just one element in the whole learning strategy. If you can get them to a lecture, get them engaged that is good. Spin off activities can be planned for after class and of course blogging and essays can be used to get deeper responses. For brainstorming alone its a great in class tool. Just seen your positives below :-)
Take a look at ... ( 1 day ago by SUNYUlsterVLE)
Take a look at ConnectYard for integrating multiple media sources into one conversation stream.... You can use text messages, tweets, email, facebook, etc... and have them all come to one place. Very useful, I've found, for this type of in class discussion stuff.



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