Day 6 of #YSJ10DoT: Retweeting
You’ve sent a few tweets over the last five days – hopefully you’ve found plenty in your everyday routine which would be of interest to others, whether they’re your peers, other professions within or...
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You’ve sent a few tweets over the last five days – hopefully you’ve found plenty in your everyday routine which would be of interest to others, whether they’re your peers, other professions within or...
We started tweeting on Day 2 and covered how to include URLs to other websites in tweets. Including signposts to other content is one way of making your tweets more attractive and engaging –...
You’ve sent some tweets, followed people and hopefully gained some followers of your own. Some people prefer to listen more than they tweet, which is fine – the only thing to consider is, the...
You’ve sent your first tweets, creating interesting and engaging content for your potential followers. The other side to Twitter, of course, is the stream of information brought to you by the people that you follow. And...
What to tweet? Twitter only allows you to send 140 characters, which doesn’t seem much when we are used to writing at length about complex ideas. That doesn’t mean that Twitter is superficial or...
To start off with, you’ll need to sign up to Twitter. You can see people’s tweets without an account, by viewing their profile or by searching for a keyword, as it’s a very public...
Welcome to Ten Days of Twitter, or as it’s called in twitterspeak, #YSJ10DoT ! YSJ10DoT will take place from Monday 18 April – Friday 29 April 2016. Ever wondered if Twitter might be a...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 5 minutes Activity 12 minutes A journey of a hundred miles begins with one step — Ancient Chinese Proverb While the idea of creating and building upon open educational...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 10 minutes (incl. 8.24 min video) Activity 10 minutes Open access (OA) publishing has been an issue that has come to the fore in recent years, especially since...
Activity Time Required (approx) Blog post 3-5 minutes Activity 10 minutes (+ optional extra activity). Librarians and TEL Advisors encounter some really neat tools that have a broad application. One such example is Creative Commons...