Academics Twittering on?

Item Type Blog Post
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dh-blog/?p=46
Date 2010-01-27
Accessed 2010-02-05 15:50:52
Abstract Few studies have been undertaken to make explicit how technologies, like Twitter, are used by scholars and whether they have any benefit to the academic community. So we started a little research paper looking specifically at the use of Twitter as a digital backchannel by the Digital Humanities community, taking as its focus postings to Twitter during three different international 2009 conferences, That Camp 09, DH09, and DRHA09. We ask the following questions: * Does the use of a Twitter enabled backchannel enhance the conference experience, collaboration and the co-construction of knowledge, or is it a disruptive, disparaging and a inconsequential tool full of ‘pointless babble’? * How is microblogging used within an academic conference setting, and can we articulate the benefits it may bring to a discipline? You can find a copy of the paper here
Blog Title UCL Digital Humanities Blog
Title Academics Twittering on?
Date Added 2010-02-05 10:50
Date Modified 2010-02-05 10:53