This week in DC, many of my colleagues will be gathering at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting. The theme this year is "Educating in the Open: Philosophies, Innovations, and Stories." Although I am unable to attend, I hope to learn a lot during the meeting via the #ELI2011 Twitter stream. Following tweets from a conference is a great way to get involved and get ideas, even if you are not physically there. What conferences are coming up in your field? Visit the conference Web site to see if there is a designated hashtag, and prepare to follow it!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Can't make the conference? Follow the tweets!
This week in DC, many of my colleagues will be gathering at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting. The theme this year is "Educating in the Open: Philosophies, Innovations, and Stories." Although I am unable to attend, I hope to learn a lot during the meeting via the #ELI2011 Twitter stream. Following tweets from a conference is a great way to get involved and get ideas, even if you are not physically there. What conferences are coming up in your field? Visit the conference Web site to see if there is a designated hashtag, and prepare to follow it!
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Can you really glean a lot from conference tweets? All of the events I've recently attended have been saying that, even if you can't make it, you should follow the meetings on Twitter. I kinda scoffed at that notion, but maybe I'm missing out???
ReplyDeleteTotally depends on who is tweeting and what they are tweeting. Sometimes you get more heckling than anything else, and that's not so useful. What is nice is when the tweets include quotes, book or article titles, and web sites. These all provide the possibility that you can learn something new. Heckling is just mean.
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