I like the "backchannel" element of social media. I like the messiness.
Life's not a catalogue record, after all!

I've just looked at my secret list of "informers" and what they have in
common is the skilled use of the hashtag for:

1. Organising their own tweets (I can see all their tweets on a topic
hashtagged consistently)
2. Contributing to a wider organisation of tweets (I can click on a
hashtag and often I'll see relevant tweets by others)
3. Humour (my favourites are #RDArmageddon and #marcmustdie)

But, those are my go-to folks on uber-busy days. Most days, I take the
slush and sift it joyfully. I learn just as much from the people who seem
to see the world as miscellaneous.

One thing about technology and learning and teaching generally is there
are more options for people to get things the way they want them. That's
brilliant! As long as we remember that most folks still want to get their
learning the old-fashioned ways (conference, journal, newsletter, mate
down the pub).

Anne



On 28/03/2012 15:46, "Nicola Osborne" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Anne said: "I see all conferences, fora and social media sites as a sort
>of invitation for engagement. We can engage if we want to, and not if we
>don't. As you say, the great thing about this kind of online stuff is
>it's cheap and open!"
>
>A bit of a follow up question for Wendy, Helen, Anne, Claire and others
>here: is there more that could be done to record or better organise the
>kind of knowledge and learning that takes place in social media? (I'm
>aware that content in social media can be very anarchic space
>particularly compared to the ordered world of the catalogue...)
>
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