{"id":1275,"date":"2016-07-14T11:55:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/socmedhe\/?page_id=1275"},"modified":"2016-10-18T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T12:58:38","slug":"16-with-a-little-help-from-my-followers-facilitating-the-lthechat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/socmedhe\/16-with-a-little-help-from-my-followers-facilitating-the-lthechat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018With a little help from my followers\u2019 – Facilitating the #LTHEChat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Rowell<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013\u00a0\u00a0@Chri5rowell <\/strong><\/span>Regent\u2019s University London<\/span>
\n Debbie Baff<\/strong><\/span> \u2013 @debbaff <\/strong><\/span>Swansea University<\/span>
\n Sue Beckingham<\/strong><\/span> \u2013\u00a0@suebecks<\/span> <\/strong>Sheffield Hallam University<\/span>
\n Neil Withnell<\/strong><\/span> \u2013\u00a0@neilwithnell <\/strong><\/span>University of Salford<\/span>
\n Kate Soper<\/strong><\/span> \u2013\u00a0@KatesSoper <\/strong><\/span>Manchester Metropolitan University<\/span>
\n Chris Jobling<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 @cpjobling <\/strong><\/span>Swansea University<\/span>
\n Ian Tindal<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013\u00a0@iantindal <\/strong><\/span>Anglia Ruskin University<\/span><\/p>\n

This short paper will share the evaluation of the #LTHEchat and the impact of this on professional development for the organising teams and the chat participants. The twitter chat has shown there is demand to focus conversations on Teaching and Learning (T&L) in Higher Education (HE). The research will include results from a survey and semi-structured interviews, to identify the impact and value gained by active or silent participation, for the organisers and participants. In addition the chats themselves and the learning analytics of the Storify will be monitored and analysed to evaluate asynchronous engagement with archives of live chats.<\/span><\/p>\n

The #LTHEchat, created by the community for the community, is a collaborative project on T&L in HE via tweetchats. \u00a0\u201cA tweetchat is a virtual meeting or gathering on Twitter to discuss a common topic. The chat lasts one hour and has questions to stimulate discussion\u201d (Beckingham 2014). Each week there is a pre-determined topic with guests leading the chat. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Through #LTHEchat an online community of practice has evolved, including educators with a variety of roles. Drawing upon the literature, Wenger, Traynor and De Laat (2011) discuss five cycles of value creation in networks and communities, suggesting value can be:<\/span><\/p>\n