role of social media in teaching & learning

Role of Social Media in Teaching & Learning

Dr. Manishankar ChakrabortyDepartment of Business StudiesIbra College of TechnologySultanate of Oman

The Social Media visionaries….

Facebook- Mark Zuckerberg

Twitter- Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams

Linkedin- Reid Hoffman

Wikipedia- Jimmy Wales

Blogger- Evan Williams

MOODLE- Martin Dougiamas

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Introspect and Soul Search Are you a NETIZEN?

How often do you log into the internet?

Which site you visit the first, the second, the third and so forth?

Where do you spend most of your web hours and why?

What are the takeaways you derive after every hour spent on the web?

Do you use social media? If, yes, which one and for what?

Have you tried social media in your profession?

Do you think social media adds value to your professional acumen?



Contents Social media visionaries Introspection and Soul Searching Background Teachers Guide Introduction Social media landscape Social Media Facebook Wikipedia Micro-blog Blog Google Groups Google plus Linkedin Youtube Benhance Slideshare Resources Comparison Activity Food for thought


Background Technology more than an enabler in education

Smart Phones, PDA’s, Hand held devices are the gizmos students like to use

Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis are the new tools for networking and knowledge sourcing and sharing

Wi-Fi campuses are the new infrastructural benefits, educational campuses provide

Learning innovation, faster replication (Viral) through virtual medium are the causes for fast dissemination of knowledge


Teachers guide to Social Media

Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8lFrW4CSuI

Click http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/teachers-guide-social-media_b25989

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Introduction Social media- Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content

or to participate in social networking. (Oxford Dictionary)

Role in teaching-learning- A supplementary teaching-learning tool A follow up tool A novel assessment tool A tool to encourage interaction and peer learning A tool for innovative, experiential team based learning A tool for customized one to one learning between learner and tutor A tool to measure independent learning takeaway by every learner

Advantages- Enables two way communication in real time Mitigates geographical constraint Encourages self paced learning Techno-savvy professionals are groomed Customized user friendly and collaborative contents are prepared 7x24x365 learning

Social Media Landscape



Social Media Social media are web-2.0 applications Web 2.0 allow user to interact, collaborate in social media Web 2.0 also allow to create user generated content in a virtual

community Major social media tools used in education- Face book, MySpace, Orkut Blogs Micro-blogs/Twitter You-tube Mashups Linkedin Wikis Google+ Podcasting Webinar


Face book Create a page on a specific learning community (Refer https://www.facebook.com/DrManisPageForHisLearnerAndTrainees?ref=hl )

Build your audience comprising of the learner Administrator gets weekly summary Encourage learning/revision/assessments by posting and

encouraging participations of learner in- Quotes Situations/Case-lets Applied questions Video analysis Assessments Announcements * Key to success-Innovative ways of presenting through audio-visual and crispy mode, ensuring contents go viral through maximum participation

* Beware of plagiarism and subsequent consequences!

Face book Education centered groups-

EU-educators, don Quizote school, Multi-lingualism global groups, e-learning in developing and developed countries, Active learning group, Teaching critical thinking, Teacher2teacher network, wikieducator, Atlantis, Central Michigan University off-campus programs, Edutopia etc.



Wikipedia It can be used in the following ways- (1) Search and read contents (2) Contribute and Edit contents and view history of content (Refer http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Business_ethics&action=edit)

(3) User-talk for content development related to courses ( Refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Drmanishankar)

(4) User Sandbox is a sub-page of user’s user page serving as a testing spot for the user and not an encyclopedia article

(Refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Drmanishankar/sandbox)

Major benefits are- (1) Collaborative content development with localized and globalized inputs(2) Periodical editing

Challenges(1) Source of contents(2) Plagiarism


Micro-blog/Twitter Uploading study materials Several bytes each time, rather than at one go in line with the

classroom delivery Graphs, illustrations, videos etc. can be shared (Refer https://twitter.com/twelearnmani or https://twitter.com/manitwitts)

Maximizing messaging options Private chats for individual clarifications Video chat for non-verbal cues related explanation for better

interactivity

Getting more educators Educators from the network adds value to the discussions, forum

plays important role


Micro-blog/Twitter Performing assessments Individual assessments can be done by tagging individuals Groups or topics on which interaction can happen be formed Hashtags and tweet chats can be used to bring students

together

Some popular hashtags related to education #AcAdv #ESDGC #esl #gtchat #highered #homeschool #ipaded #kinderchat #mlearning #nclb #onlineed/#onlinelearning #opened #playoutdoors #scholarship #school #smedu #spedchat #TLChat #urbaned


Blogs An online diary hosted on the internet E.g. http://www.hbs.edu/about/social-media/Pages/faculty-social-media.aspx E.g. http://drmaniforstudents.blog.com/ Usage of blogs are manifold- Announcements Sharing information and content Additional reading resources Assessments Thread initiation Group discussion and learning Some blogs of faculties- http://www.facultyfocus.com/topic/articles/teaching-professor-blog/

http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/teaching-with-blogs-30108.html

http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/10/12/100-best-professors-who-blog/ http://ferrada-noli.blogspot.com/ http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/12-blogs-by-professors/ http://science-professor.blogspot.com/ http://academic-jungle.blogspot.com/ http://occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald/ http://www.manishankarthetrainer.blogspot.com/ http://edudemic.com/2011/12/teacher-blogs/ http://manishankarscribbles.wordpress.com/


Google Groups and Google+

Course/Section based groups Sharing of learning resources Additional information, illustrations Initiation of topic based threads/forums for discussions Individual insights and evaluation along with peer learning is

possible Online assessments and their evaluation Refer (https://groups.google.com/grphp?hl=en&pli=1 in [email protected]) Google plus can be accessed by visiting You plus in gmail Hangouts, Circles of students and teachers are used in

teaching/learning


Linkedin Professional networking portal It can be used in the following ways for teaching and learning-

Networking with professionals Participation in different forums and groups Collaborative learning through customized threads Inputs from domain experts on content development Industry specific illustrations, examples by discussing

theoretical topics with industry experts Great Books Group, Learning, Education and Training

Professionals group, many company and sector specific groups.


You-tube Teaching courses/concepts through videos of films/documentaries/interviews Assessments through videos of films/documentaries/interviews Faculty recorded videos as knowledge reinforcement tools http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyf2xjx4mzU (Documentary) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5BhDaKD4kc (Explanation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OeSk90yDlk (Faculty recorded

reinforcement) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM (Classroom management) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oiW9SNpHvc (Marketing management) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9QWojx8qE (Human Resource

management)


Benhance

http://www.behance.net/Manishankar Teaching through pictures Innovative design/creativity driven assessments Sharing and publishing student/teacher’s work Additionally flickr and picassa can be used for

sharing/gathering digital photos as analogs are difficult to be retrieved and reused.

Slideshare

Upload presentations for review/comments Download presentations for usage Review contents of other contributors Additional resources for teaching and learning E.g. www.slideshare.net Administrator gets weekly summary


Additional social media related resources for Education Buddypress-Global Social network on web 2. SCN-Students Circle Network- Connects schools, students and teachers. Course-cracker- Elementary school teacher networking platform. Diigo- Classroom2.0 on practical application of computer technology. Picasa in education Elgg- Social network for schools and community in the Middle-east. i-Teach Mobile- Community of educators exploring the use of mobile technologies. Linkedin- Ning ArtEd2.0 Assessment for Learning Browardbyte Business Social Network E-college Edublogger


ComparisonParameters Twitter Blogs Wikis Facebook

Detailed content presentation

Inconvenient Highly convenient Highly convenient Convenient

Group work Highly Convenient Inconvenient Inconvenient Highly Convenient

Announcements Highly Convenient Highly convenient Inconvenient Highly convenient

Assessments Convenient Highly convenient Inconvenient Highly convenient

Activity Form groups of 5 members each preferably from various departments. Identify five opportunities for the application of social media in the

teaching and learning sphere of Ibra College of Technology. Identify five major challenges for incorporating social media in the

teaching and learning domain of Ibra College of Technology. Suggest measures/strategies that would help in overcoming the

aforesaid challenges. List out five value additions you may derive by incorporating social

media in the teaching and learning processes of Ibra College of Technology.

Identify a leader within your group who can present the findings derived out of the brainstorming session.

Time allotted for group discussion=15 minutes.

Some food for thought-Social Media

Avoiding misuse of resources by teacher-learner duo Protecting the identity of female students (ID related FB account devoid

of real name and picture) Complimenting with the existing teaching-learning mechanism Creating awareness among the unaware segment Avoiding replication of work Original content protection from plagiarism Proper referencing of contents used to avoid legal hassles Scheduling of the usage of social media sans disturbances in routine

teaching-learning Developing a flair for the usage of social media in education and

practicing it in unison Hackers


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Floor open for discussion….

Thanking you!

Happy Learning & Teaching through Social Media!!!


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