Get me to OLC Innovate 2018 on Time!
The OLC Innovate 2018 Call for Proposal deadline is this Wednesday November 1. I’m rushing to get my proposal written with a graduate assistant this weekend. Doing this reminds me of my virtual participation this year via Virtually Connecting. I had not blogged about it, but it is a moment worthy of cherishing.
In 2017, I wasn’t able to be in New Orleans because I had just returned from a Coursera Partners’ Conference. I wrote a bit about my virtual session and left it at that.
When I received a message from OLC that I had won a prize, I thought it was a spam message.
Who? Me, a prize from OLC Innovate? It took me two days to get back to them because I thought this was unreal.
Then, I saw the tweets.
This.
The final #OLCInnovate #SocialNinja is Yin Wah Kreher who won "Best Virtual Reflection." Congrats @yinbk
— OLC (@OLCToday) April 16, 2017
Then this.
Here is the winning post for "Best Virtual Reflection" > https://t.co/7ag5i9Tnnd #OLCInnovate #SocialNinja
— OLC (@OLCToday) April 16, 2017
Pointing to my tweet.
Reflections on @VConnecting sesh: Virtually Connecting at #OLCInnovate 2017 w/ @ltaub @Profpatrice https://t.co/beFtXlXsEM
— 🇺🇸 Yin Kreher (@yinbk) April 9, 2017
And this!
For that great tweet + blog post, Yin Wah won a $25 Amazon Gift Card from all of us at @OLCToday.
— OLC (@OLCToday) April 16, 2017
OMG.
I won! I really won! That’s when I really believed that the message from OLC was for real.
And this.
A few key takeaways from this episode are:
- Someone is reading my blogposts. No matter how few.
- Using the correct hashtag matters.
- Virtually Connecting is playing an important role in facilitating conference participation.
- How a few bad experiences have made me suspicious of ever winning an award, via the web.
I’m working with students now on a social media project. I have a hard time convincing them that Twitter can be educational and useful. Also, many people just don’t get Twitter. I’m not a pro but I can appreciate the benefits of Twitter and am mindful of its risks too.
Question: How can I teach a bunch of millennials to learn to see the utility and fun of using Twitter? Let me know.
My OLC proposal beckons. Till we meet in Nashville.
