Introducing question showers using #foschat as an exemplar
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The document provides information about #FOSchat, a Twitter question shower being held from July 13-17, 2015 to discuss flexible, open and social learning. Participants will read assigned texts and ask questions on the topic using #FOSchat. The question shower format allows anyone to pose questions and respond to others' questions to enable connected thinking. Useful tools for participating include Twitter, Tweetchat, dashboards and Storify to view and curate the #FOSchat discussion.
Introducing question showers using #foschat as an exemplar
- 1. Check out #FOSchat ! What's a Twitter Question Shower? Follow #FOSchat 13-17 July 2015 Follow @FOS4L to find out more! BREAKING NEWS...FLEXIBLE OPEN SOCIAL LEARNING TWITTER QUESTION SHOWER...#FOSchat... BREAKING NEWS...FLEXIBLE OPEN SOCIAL LEARNING TWITTER QUESTION SHOWER...#FOSchat...
- 2. So what is a Twitter Question Shower? A Twitter Question Shower is a virtual meeting or gathering on Twitter to discuss a common topic. The upside down tweetchat lasts one hour and will be formed by participants showering each other with questions and responding to each other's. It is chaotic and messy but also great fun and enables connected thinking with others.
- 3. Tell me more about #FOSchat The Flexible Open Social (FOS) Learning chat is a collaborative synchronous discussion. Preparation will be required. Each day we would like you to read a specific text from our reading list and prepare at least one question you have related to this, which you will share during the chat. https://foslearning.wordpress.com/
- 4. Tell me more about FOS FOS, is a new open course for professionals in Higher Education who teach or support learning and are interested in learning with colleagues from around the world about flexible, open and social learning and consider changes to their practice as a result of their engagement and learning. https://foslearning.wordpress.com/
- 5. How does this work in Twitter? In order to be able to view tweets relating to the chat, a pre-agreed hashtag is shared. A hashtag is a word or series of letters and/or numbers preceded by # For example: #FOSchat = Flexible Open Social Learning Chat Participants in the Question Shower will include the hashtag in all tweets.
- 6. How are Twitter Question Showers organised? Communications will be sent out via @FOS4L to say: • What the Question Shower Chat is about - the topic that day and links to the required pre-reading and is linked to a specific topic. • What the chosen hashtag is - #FOSchat • When the chat will take place including the date and time • Even if you haven’t done the pre-reading, you will still be able to participate, ask questions linked to the topic and respond to related questions. Communication about a tweetchat can be sent out as a tweet but may also be placed on your website or blog and via any other communication channel you wish to use. #FOSchat will take place from Monday the 13th until the 16th of July 2015 8-9pm BST
- 7. How do I find #FOSchat? You can view all the tweets containing #LTHEchat by simply searching for #FOSchat using the search bar in Twitter. Tweets containing this hashtag will then appear in your timeline below.
- 8. The format of a Twitter Question Shower Like tweetchats the format will include questions and answers. However where it differs is that anyone can pose questions based on the pre-shared paper or other artefact - and anyone can answer those questions, or indeed questions the questions. Participants will get most out of the Question Shower if they have done the pre- reading! To distinguish between questions and answers, tweets should be preceded with either a Q or A. Remember, all tweets need to also include #FOSchat
- 9. The format of a 'traditional' tweetchat Tweetchats often follow the format of a Q&A. The tweetchat facilitator will prepare a selection of questions prior to the event. To help to highlight the questions they can be preceded with Q1, Q2, Q3 etc. For example: Q1 How do engage with CPD to enhance your practice? #FOSchat If you wish to respond to a question within your tweet always include the designated hashtag and precede your tweet with A1, A2, A3 etc. This helps others reading see which are the questions and which are the corresponding answers. A1 I have made new professional connections through LinkedIn and joined a Discussion Group #FOSchat
- 10. Do I have to tweet to take part? The answer is no. If you just want to ‘listen’ in that is fine and a good way to dip your toe in the water and get a feel for how question showers are run. You can read the questions raised and answers by those who respond. As you become more confident you can then contribute to the discussions taking place. If you can’t make the time slot then you can still follow the question shower chat later by searching for the designated hashtag. It is also possible to use the search facility in Twitter without an account. If you go to https://twitter.com/search-home you can enter the #FOSchat (or any search term) and bring up tweets containing this.
- 11. Useful tools to use You can follow a Question Shower or tweetchat using your smartphone, tablet, notebook, laptop or PC via www.twitter.com and on smart devices download the Twitter app. Some find it easier to use a laptop or PC to open up two tabs: one to view the questions and another to watch the Tweetchat. There are also other tools you may wish to explore.
- 12. Tweetchat Using Tweetchat is a useful tool to view just the tweets for a chosen hashtag in one space. You can also tweet from here.
- 13. Dashboards Dashboards enable you to view different groups of tweets in columns. You can therefore set up a column for #FOSchat which then shows just the tweets containing that hashtag. Examples of dashboards are: Hootsuite Tweetdeck
- 14. Tagboard This displays tweets for any hashtag you wish to search for. Whilst you only get a snapshot of the latest tweets, it does provide a nice view of what is being discussed. From the Tagboard you can reply, retweet and favourite the tweets you see (but you do need to be signed in to Twitter) Tagboard can be found here: https://tagboard.com/
- 15. Storify Storify is a free tool to curate the tweets after a question shower or tweetchat. It allows you to gather the tweets containing your chosen hashtag and then display these within a storyboard. The #FOSchat Storify page can be found here: https://storify.com/FOSchat New stories will be added after each #FOSchat takes place
- 16. To find out more about #FOSchat # Follow @FOS4L on Twitter # Visit the website https://foslearning.wordpress.com/ # Follow #FOSchat # Tweet a question!
- 17. Any questions please contact Chrissi Nerantzi @chrissinerantzi – Manchester Metropolitan University Sue Beckingham @suebecks – Sheffield Hallam University
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- #2: @LTHEchat