using social media to support learning - webinar nov 2013
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Using Social Software Tools forLearning & Teaching
Using the
Cloud
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Which Social Media Tools do you use ?
Social Media
Choose a smartboard tool and indicate by clicking in the appropriate boxes
You Tube Twitter Flickr Facebook Wikipedia
LinkedIn Vimeo Blogger Pinterest Tumblr
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What is Social Media?
»Changed the way we use the internet
› We were passive consumers
› Now able to contribute / comment without specialist web skills
› Knowledge and data sharing
› Publish in real-time
»Assumes people are always online
› PC/laptop/handheld devices
»Web-based / Browser reliant
»Easy to use
Social Media
Web2.0 Tools
http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/social-software/index_html
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Snapshot of current uses
»Academic Staff Responses
› Most - Social Media enhances the quality of the Learning Experience and agree students are at ease using it
› Some – Consider Social Media to be a distraction
»Most popular tool – YouTube
› Confident to use to sign post learners to subject specific content
ETNA 2012 Key Findings Report
Social Space Academic
Environment
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Snapshot of current uses
»Lagging behind –Facebook; Blogs; Wikis; Twitter
› Facebook – divided opinions
› e-Safety
ETNA 2012 Key Findings Report
Learners actively use it.Good to use popular tool for
learning Uneasiness around usingpersonal/non-college tools
with learners
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Which Social Media Tools do you use with your learners?
Social Media
Choose a smartboard tool and indicate by clicking in the appropriate boxes
You Tube Twitter Flickr Facebook Wikipedia
LinkedIn Vimeo Blogger Pinterest Tumblr
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How are you using Social Media Tools?
Social Media
Please share your current uses of Social Media in Learning and Teachingwww.padlet.com/wall/social_media1
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Pedagogical Considerations?
Social Media
Modernising Learning
»Complementing existing pedagogy› Social Constructivism – Vygotsky
»Evolving Pedagogy› Connectivisim – Siemens
»Meeting learners expectations› People expect to be able to work & learn wherever
and whenever they want› Use own technologies along with institutional tool
• Blogger / Wordpress / Elgg / Typepad
• Twitter / Plurk
Blogs / Micro Blogs
•Wikipedia•Wikispaces / Wetpaint
WIKIs
• Scoop.it / Tumbler / Delicious / Diigo/ Digg / CiteUlike / Stumbleupon
Social Bookmarking/Digital Curation
• Facebook / LinkedIn / Bebo / Ning
Social Networking
Types of Applications
Social Media
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Blogs• Online journal - chronological posts -
searchable• Commenting facility• Media can be easily incorporated (e.g. video
or images)• Excellent tool to encourage reflection• Records distance travelled• A good tool for building up evidence
http://tinyurl.com/rsc-sm-blog
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Microblogs• Post small pieces of digital content (max no.
of characters)• Posts followed (by friends, colleagues,
students)• Instant publication with few restrictions• Portable tool which feels organic and
spontaneous• Good collaboration and information sharing
tool • Can encourage reflection, peer review with
the potential to enrich learning experiences
100 ways to use twitter in educationhttp://tinyurl.com/twitter-100education
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WIKIs• Website which can be edited collaboratively• A range of media can be incorporated (text,
video, images, hyperlinks)• All editing is recorded and easy to revert to the
previous version of the wiki• Good for group activities as changes can be
documented and thought processes recorded
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Social Bookmarking / Digital Curation• Enables storing, organising & sharing favourite
websites• Meaningful keywords added so collections are
searchable• Bookmarks can be shared with students or
colleagues• Sets of resources can be presented in visually
stimulating ways
Images from www.scoopit.com
http://tinyurl.com/video-scoopit
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Social Networking• Users create a profile and make it available to
“friends”• A network of contacts is built-up• Tools include blog, photo & video upload, IM &
chat• Now being used more than email
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FACEBOOKSocial networkMake connectionsShare information/interestsStrengthen student teacher relationshipsUseful for collaborationGroup toolsNotificationDiscussionPollingFile sharing
101 Ways you should be using Facebook in the classroomhttp://tinyurl.com/facebook-100classroom/
http://tinyurl.com/facebook-update-guide
Always updated guide to Facebook privacy
http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2163
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BenefitsSocial Media applications are easy to use and and can be easily accessed online using a browser
Modernises the curriculum with many already being used by young people - Can communicate with students outside class time
Increases choice and the scope for personalisation & learner autonomy
Improves possibilities for deeper & reflective learning
Supports collaboration & communication (tutor to student & student to student)
Largely free or very inexpensive & inherently scalable
Things to ConsiderOlder people are not familiar with social software services to the same extent & lack web2.0 skills and attitudes
Learners & staff may not find mixing social and academic spaces desirable
Start with one tool and add others later – Think quality not quantity
Awarding Bodies require to have confidence in systems - Rubrics for assessing work that use social software tools require to be developed
Use tools to collaborate and communicate with colleagues
Social Media
image from Flickr by opensourceway licensed through cc
Q&A time
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Your future use of Social Media Tools?
Social Media
Please share your thoughts on how you will use Social Media in future Learning and Teachingwww.padlet.com/wall/social_media2