Examining Twitter conference participants and their PLN activities from social networking to networked knowledge activities

• In Event: DDL- Elements of Online Learning Design (h)

Short Description

This case study investigates a professional Twitter conference community. Twitter archive from OLC Accelerate 2018 conference was collected using its official hashtag #OLCAccelerate. Social network analysis was conducted to examine the structure of overall community and subgroups by membership. Conference tweets including both monologues and dialogues were analyzed to identify specific activities that digital conference participants were involved in. This proposal will discuss our initial findings about the community structure and dynamic PLN activities.

Authors

• Presenter: HAJEEN CHOI, Florida State University

• Presenter: Zhichun Liu, University Massachusetts Dartmouth

• Presenter: Ji Yae Bong, Concordia University, Montreal