teaching with social media and the connections to chickering and gamson's seven principles for...

Teaching with

Social Media

Emily Brozovic | brozovi5@msu.edu | @emilyjbroMichigan State University | IT Services Teaching and Learning

Today’s Plan

1. Recap of principles and big ideas

2. What can social media offer

3. Mapping social media affordances with teaching principles

–John Wiggins and Jay McTighe

Big ideas “go beyond discrete facts or skills to focus on larger

concepts, principles or processes.”

7 Principles of Good Teaching

1. Initiate instructor-student contact

2. Provide collaborative learning opportunities

3. Integrate active learning

4. Give regular, timely feedback

5. Emphasize time on task

6. Communicate high expectations

7. Develop inclusive learning environments

Technology

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Social Media

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Social Media

Social Media

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Social Mediamany flavor combinations

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Big Ideas

Pedagogy

Social Media

Social Media Affordances

Communication

Exploration

Dissemination

Curation

Demonstration

Contact & Feedback(communication)

Time Management(communication)

Collaboration(communication, curation, dissemination, demonstration)

Active Learning(communication, exploration, curation, dissemination, demonstration)

High Expectations(communication, curation, demonstration)

Diversity(communication, exploration, curation, dissemination, demonstration)

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Let’s go EXPLORING!

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Brainstorming Social

Using your own course, come up with 1-2 examples of how social media might afford itself

Share these ideas within your group for feedback