OERu learner support/Studying courses/Mastodon

The OERu uses Mastodon, an open source social network with similar features to Twitter.

We encourage OERu learners to use this social network as part of your personal learning environment (PLE) to interact with your personal learning network (PLN). Many of our courses incorporate activities using Mastodon and this technology is a great way to stay connected with your learning community. The OERu hosted version is located at mastodon.oeru.org. This page looks at:


 * Key concepts and actions
 * Creating an account
 * How to login
 * How to edit your profile
 * Posting "toots" with hashtags
 * Attaching media file to your toot.

Other Features
Above we have covered the basics of using Mastodon. If you want to dig a little deeper has a look at these links below:
 * Setting up your profile
 * E-Mail notifications
 * Following other users Boosts and favourites
 * Keeping a post "hidden" initially
 * Following other users

Useful resources

 * Mastodon user's guide
 * A beginner's guide to Mastodon
 * A complete sloth's guide to Mastodon, Part 1: Get your feet wet