Whose piper and whose tune?
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Whose piper and whose tune? Discursive practices in informal learning events on Twitter
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Whose piper and whose tune?
Discursive practices in informal learning events on Twitter
Exploring how are professional practices ‘talked in to being’ in discussion events held in an open online environment.
Nos Participants
Nos Tweets Mean ave Tweets per minute
Event 1 54 922 10.2
Event 2 72 773 8.6
Event 3 68 518 8.6
web sphere:
… not simply a collection of web sites, but as a set of dynamically defined digital resources spanning multiple websites deemed relevant or related to a central event, concept or theme.Schneider and Foot (2005: 158)
When reflecting on what I learned [during the event], I ...[review] the questions that were asked...
… a number of people have picked up on some of my tweets, and. .. the context in which they were made … here are the questions and my … tweets.
During the chat, I shared [a] tweet … [now], I’m not sure [it is correct], because [it indicates] we’re altering the course … [but] in many ways we just keep going in the same direction, often oblivious to potential changes in the road.
Discourse AnalysisHeracleous (2006)
Communicative action
Discursive structure
Generating common meaning
Thematic coherence
Discursive community
Network AssemblageNetwork Assemblage
Discursive structures
TranslationTranslation
1 TrainingPete … less focus on ‘training’ and more focus on ‘performance support’. #...
2 JoanMar2 … Yes, … We need to [show] measureable ROI and performance improvement #...
3 TrainingPete First thing is a new mindset [and by asking what is] the least intrusive way to address [a] performance issue? #...
4 ILPT #... set performance … objectives … measure against those [do not] just track learning activity #wasteoftime
1 jason_bean09 … tonight new drinking "terms" Kirkpatrick and Level …#...
2 miranda0404 … I think that Kirkpatrick has a shot at the nobel prize too … #...
3 lknut Levels 1-3 are for wimps #...
4 lknut Can we have [a different] question [to avoid] wasting time burying Kirkpatrick? #...
Change
Human Resource
Development
Management & ‘the business’
Pipers & tunes?
Redefining practice?
Hologram as restrictive and expansive?
Other professional fields?
Following the web sphere?
