tim samoff - social media as online (social) pedagogy

Social Media

As Online (Social) Pedagogy

Introduction

Today’s online classrooms are becoming more and more “social,” as Social Networks themselves become integrated (and inherent) in the lives of our students. This presentation will not only demonstrate how to include some popular Social Media tools within your LCMS, but it will also explain why it is crucial to embrace Social Media in order to become better educators.

About Me

Blogging: since 2000

Featured in The New York Times, The Advocate, andThe Web Designer’s Idea Book

Twitter: ~1000 Followers

Flickr: ~103,000 Page Views

YouTube: ~37,000 Video Views

Etc.

Social Media?

Social Media?

“Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.

“Social media use web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.”

Wikipedia

Social Media?

Social interaction

Social Media?

Social interaction

Accessible and scalable publishing techniques

Social Media?

Social interaction

Accessible and scalable publishing techniques

Interactive dialogue

Social Interaction

Social Interaction

Interpersonal relationship

Social Interaction

Interpersonal relationship

A connection between two or more individuals

Social Interaction

Interpersonal relationship

A connection between two or more individuals

Could be short-lived or long-lasting

Social Interaction

Interpersonal relationship

A connection between two or more individuals

Could be short-lived or long-lasting

Formed in a social or cultural context

Social Interaction

Interpersonal relationship

A connection between two or more individuals

Could be short-lived or long-lasting

Formed in a social or cultural context

Has potential to “flourish,” or become characterized by intimacy, growth, and resilience

Social Interaction

Interpersonal relationship

A connection between two or more individuals

Could be short-lived or long-lasting

Formed in a social or cultural context

Has potential to “flourish,” or become characterized by intimacy, growth, and resilience

Flourishing relationships possess a natural dynamic balance between “intimacy” and other social relationships

Publishing Techniques

Publishing Techniques

Publishing

Publishing Techniques

Publishing: the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.

Publishing: the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.

Scalable: a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged.

Publishing Techniques

Publishing: the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.

Scalable: a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged.

Accessible: the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible.

Publishing Techniques

Interactive Dialogue

Interactive Dialogue

More than a conversation

Interactive Dialogue

More than a conversation

Interact: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.

Interactive Dialogue

More than a conversation

Interact: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.

A critical part of learning

Interactive Dialogue

More than a conversation

Interact: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.

A critical part of learning

Has a goal of discovering the different meanings people give to educational attributes, and arriving at a better understanding about what actually needs to be learned

Is this For You?

Challenge:

Is this For You?

Challenge:

Don’t use Social Media for Social Media’s sake

Is this For You?

Challenge:

Don’t use Social Media for Social Media’s sake

Social media must be embraced in order for it to succeed

Is this For You?

If you accept this challenge, it means…

Is this For You?

If you accept this challenge, it means…

Is this For You?

Always being connected!

If you accept this challenge, it means…

Is this For You?

Always being in-tune with your classroom!

Use-Cases

Use-Cases

What does all this Social Media stuff mean for the classroom?

Use-Cases

What does all this Social Media stuff mean for the classroom?

Social Media supports an open and accessible venue in which instructor and student may participate in a collaborative, community-driven, and nonhierarchical pedagogy, rather than the traditional, top-down learning experience.

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing

Del.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing

Del.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing

SourceForge & Gitorious: Code sharing

Use-Cases

Some examples of Social Media…

Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

Twitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

Flickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing

Del.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing

SourceForge & Gitorious: Code sharing

Etc.

Use-Cases

What do all of these “services” have in common?

Use-Cases

What do all of these “services” have in common?

Hosted and maintained by third-party companies

Use-Cases

What do all of these “services” have in common?

Hosted and maintained by third-party companies

Free (for now)

Use-Cases

What do all of these “services” have in common?

Hosted and maintained by third-party companies

Free (for now)

Allow “feed” publishing/syndication (RSS)

Use-Cases

What do all of these “services” have in common?

Hosted and maintained by third-party companies

Free (for now)

Allow “feed” publishing/syndication (RSS)

Quickly and organically create community!

Twitter Is…Now

Tweeting Students Earn Higher Grades Than Others in Classroom Experiment

“Students chatting on Twitter both inside and outside the classroom got higher grades than their nontweeting peers in a recent experiment conducted at a medium-size public institution in the Midwest.

“At the end of the semester, the tweeters had grade-point averages half a point higher, on average, than did their nontweeting counterparts. And students who tweeted were more engaged.”

Paige ChapmanThe Chronicle of Higher Education

November 12, 2010

Twitter Is…Now

Twitter 101

Twitter 101

The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

Twitter 101

The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

Twitter relies on brevity

Twitter 101

The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

Twitter relies on brevity

Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging

Twitter 101

The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

Twitter relies on brevity

Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging

Twitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message

Twitter 101

The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

Twitter relies on brevity

Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging

Twitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message

Twitter can be collaborative…or not

Twitter 101

The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

Twitter relies on brevity

Twitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging

Twitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message

Twitter can be collaborative…or not

Twitter keeps a history

Social Workflow

Social Workflow

LCMS

Social Workflow

Social Workflow

LCMS

Social Workflow

Social Service

LCMS

Social Workflow

Social Service

LCMS

Social Workflow

Social Service

LCMS

Social Workflow

Social Service

LCMS

A Social LCMS

A Social LCMS

Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…

A Social LCMS

Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…

Primary tool: Custom Widgets

A Social LCMS

Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…

Primary tool: Custom Widgets

Primary method: HTML embed code

A Social LCMS

Integrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…

Primary tool: Custom Widgets

Primary method: HTML embed code*

Yes, there are other ways…

* Instructions available at the end of this presentation.

A Social LCMS

Demonstration…

In Conclusion

In Conclusion

A social pedagogy…

In Conclusion

A social pedagogy leads to…

In Conclusion

A social pedagogy leads to flourishing relationships

In Conclusion

A social pedagogy leads to flourishing relationships learning communities!

Thank You

Tim Samoff

Any social network / timsamoff

timothy_samoff1@vcccd.edu

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Presentation available at slideshare.net/timsamoff.

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InstructionsFinding and using HTML embed code:

1. In the case of Twitter, Widget code can be generated by going to About > Resources. By and large, other services follow a similar methodology or possess a Tools area. (Or, Google for HTML Widgets.)

2. Generating embed code typically entails following a few easy instructions. Various options are specific to each service.

3. Once the embed code has been generated, it must be copied via selecting the code and using Edit > Copy (Ctrl+C).

4. Within the LCMS, a new Custom Widget must be created. After doing so, the copied code must be pasted (Ctrl+V) into the HTML Source Editor. Save the widget and add it to the course Homepage.

Copy embed code and

paste into HTML

Source Editor.