1. Open Access Week
26 October 2016

2. Who we are

4. What we will cover What is Twitter? The Basics
What you can do with Twitter
Elements of Twitter
Setting up your account
#firsttweet and #twitter101
Building your network
Twitter for… you!
Challenges and Risks
Best practice: OER Hub
Go forth and tweet!

5. What is Twitter?
To tweet or not to tweet… by opensource.com is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

6. This was a literature challenge to develop a story within the Twitter format of 140 characters
Storyin140_Banner800 Daring Librarian ( is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (

7. Microblogging
Twitter logo by Emilie Ogez ( is licensed CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0 (

8. Quick Twitter facts
First tweet in March 2006 and platform launched in July 2006;
First # used in August 2007;
1.3 billion Twitter accounts created since Twitter launched;
302 million “active users” of Twitter in 2015 and 310 million reported in April 2016;
80% of Twitter users access platform via their mobile.
References: and

9. http://www. rosemcgrory. co

10. Interestingly research recently showed that next year over half the world’s population will be online (which given that in 2015 it was estimated that the number of devices would be twice the number of the global population shows that many people have more one than device that they access the internet on)
By Intel Free Press [CC BY 2.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons:

11. Facebook, Twitter play different roles in connecting mobile readers to news via Pew Research Center Facttack:

12. The Basics
Twitter by Esther Vargas is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

13. What you can do with Twitter
Is the influence of social media overhyped? by opensource.com ( is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

14. Contribute to and Build Networks
Networked Teacher Diagram – Update by Alex Couros ( is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (

15. Share and Promote

16. Ask Questions / Phone a Friend
Backchannels

17. Give and Receive Feedback

18. Tell people what you’re up to

19. News
Source: and

20. Egypt tahrir square 2011 by AK Rockefeller (https://www. flickr
Egypt tahrir square 2011 by AK Rockefeller ( is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

21. All the LOLs

22. Elements of Twitter
Multiple Tweets Gradiant by mkhmarketing ( is licensed CC BY 2.0 (

24. Profile picture/logo
Your Name
Your Handle / username
Information about yourself/ your project (160 characters max)
Location / where you’re based
Website
When you joined Twitter

25. Notifications & Direct Messages

26. A Tweet Handle / User Addressing another user Hashtag
Reply, retweet, like, tweet activity (inc. engagement)…
Profile pictures of people who ‘liked’ the tweet

27. Setting up Your Account
…Because one is not enough by Caribb ( is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (

28. #firsttweet & #twitter101
Screenshot of CIA Twitter account, source:

29. Building your network
_-_complexity [1] by nerovivo ( is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

30. Twitter for… YOU!

31. Challenges and Risks
Twitter by Pete Simon and is licensed CC BY 2.0 (

32. Shouting Into the Void
Speak up, make your voice heard by Howard Lake ( is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

33. Finding your network
Network by Jurgen Appelo ( is licensed CC BY 2.0 (

34. Here be monsters!
Caution Troll Ahead by sboneham ( is licensed CC BY 2.0 (

35. When things don’t go according to plan…
Source of Dorothy Perkins tweet: and

36. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37538391

37. Old cell phone pic #6 by Katjusa Cisar (https://www. flickr
Old cell phone pic #6 by Katjusa Cisar ( is licensed CC BY 2.0 (

38. Privacy by g4II4is (https://www. flickr
Privacy by g4II4is ( is licensed CC BY-SA (

39. Finding your Voice
Zip mouth by David Davies ( is licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 (

40. Distractions…

41. Our experience

42. Go forth and tweet!
Image courtesy

43. Other resources
Getting started with Twitter:
The Twitter Glossary:
Demonstrating the Power of Twitter:
A big pile of useful UK social media stats you’ll like from ONS:
ONS presentation Social media in the UK:
5 facts about Twitter aged 10:
The Six types of Twitter conversation: