YouFlow Microblog: Following Discussions on an Educational Microblog

Author

Krejci, Radek ; Siqueira, Sean

Author_Institution

Dept. of Appl. Inf., Fed. Univ. of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

15-18 July 2013

Firstpage

453

Lastpage

454

Abstract

Microblogs have been used in the educational context. However, differently from following friends´ status messages, in the educational scenario it is important to follow the discussions, to understand the flow of messages. You Flow microblog was developed for that purpose. It is a microblog that provides the main structures of discourse that are available on communication systems as well as messages´ categorization according to a lesson plan. An exploratory case study allowed analyzing the use of the structures of discourse on the microblog in an educational context. Then, an explanatory case study showed an increase in the participation on discussions of topics according to a lesson plan.

Keywords

Web sites; computer aided instruction; groupware; YouFlow microblog; communication systems; discussion following; educational microblog; lesson plan; message categorization; topic discussions; Communication systems; Computers; Context; Educational institutions; Twitter; Visualization; collaborative learning; discussions; lesson plan; microblogs; structure of discourse;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2013 IEEE 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2013.139

Filename

6601981