Collaborating & Networking with Social Media in Education

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This conference session focuses on the use of social media technologies in education, such as facebook, ning, delicious, diigo, twitter, and more. It showcases innovative practice, providing examples where instructors and students have used social media tools for personal, academic and professional purposes. We will also discuss the benefits/opportunities and the barriers/risks of using social media for training and education purposes.

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COLLABORATING & NETWORKING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA IN EDUCATION

Baiyun Chen, PhDAmy Sugar, MA

BLOOM’S DIGITAL TAXONOMY

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

BLOGS

Faculty generated blog: http://psc1121.blogspot.com/

OrganizationPush informationNegative comments

BLOGS

Authentic learning Increased interactionBeyond course

Privacy concernsWriting styleCopyright

Student generated blog:http://lulamurple.blogspot.com/

One way communication toolConcise postsAcademic vs. social

TWITTER

Multiple ways to receive Twitter feedWidget inside LMS, Twitter Web site, text

updateshttp://twitter.com/goodies/widgetshttp://www.grazr.com/

TWITTER

Personal learning networkShare resources, conduct quick polls Information overload

TWITTER

Hash tags to organize and search posts Export tweets and organize by hash tag

http://www.searchtastic.com/ Share as resource

TWITTER

WIKIS

Group ProjectsAuthentic learningCollaborative editingPublic vs. privateCopyright

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Facilitate online discussions and share extracurricular professional resources

Student groups & program marketing

SOCIAL NETWORKING

Enhanced social interaction and sharing Increased engagement and broader scope Not suited for deep discussion Security and privacy concerns

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

Instructors create resource pages:http://www.diigo.com/list/baiyun/idl6543-la

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Students share resources :http://groups.diigo.com/group/higher-educa

tion-and-public-policy

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING

Special features: sticky notes and highlighted points to share

Organization with tagsChallenging for students to apply tags and

write proper descriptions

SOCIAL VIDEO

Anchored instruction Faculty persona

Faculty generated video http://www.youtube.com/user/psychologist3

SOCIAL VIDEO

Student generated video: http://vimeo.com/7926306

Optional assignment Student-centered learning Copyright concerns

AUDIO/VIDEO CONFERENCING

Connect students across globe Increase interaction Virtual Office hours

SUMMARY

Risks Information overload Copyright concerns Security & privacy concerns

Benefits Collaboration Student engagement Information organization

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