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**Glossary of Terms**

 * "Communities are human systems given form by conversations of relatedness**." //-// //Community: The Structure of Belonging//, Peter Block (2008)

//@Reply// Tweet a message that is addressed to a specific person(s) but is seen by all followers.

//Asynchronous// Not in real time (e.g. Twitter, email, facebook).

//Back Channel// The practice of using networked computers to maintain a real-time online conversation alongside live spoken remarks.

//Condensed URLs// Customising URL links with meaningful words to a shortened version that can be used in a tweet

//Connectivism// A learning theory developed specifically for the digital age, by George Siemens, 2004.

//Direct Message// Tweet a direct and private message to someone who is following you.

//Hashtags// Ability to tag the tweet to allow people to easily search, find and aggregate tweets related to a particular topic (e.g. #edutweet).

//Retweet// Repeats information previously tweeted by another user (shows up in new message as RTetc.)

//Social Software// Software that allows you to interact online through data sharing and other communication. Social software the structure that supports web 2.0. See [|wikipedia] for more detail.

//Synchronous// In real time (e.g. Instant messenger, VoIP).

//Tiny URL's// Customising URL links with meaningful words to a shortened version that can be used in a tweet.

//Today'sMeet// Free platform hosting synchronous meetings or back channels, restricted to 140 characters per post, but not restricted by number of people who can join a meeting "room".

//Tweeple// Individuals in the Twitter community.

//Tweet// To write a twitter post.

//Twibes// Sub groups formed amongst Twitter users with shared interests or goals (through [|www.twibes.com] )

//Twitterverse// The entire "universe" of people on Twitter (see [|here] for a photo of the Twitterverse)

//Web 2.0// Supposedly the next version of the web which allows easy editing and contribution online (although Tim Berners-Lee, the original creator of the web will tell you this is what it was always intended for). The tools we are using in the course are an example of Web 2.0. A static web page you cannot contribute to, or a stand alone eLearning module, is not.

//Yammer// A product which is a corporate and closed equivalent of Twitter.

//Trendsmap// real time mapping of twitter trends across the world. See what collective mass of humanity are discussing right now. []