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From Facebook to Twitter
Social Networking in Education
Celebrating
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Session Topics
What is a social networking site (sns)
Popular Social networking services
Rise of social networks
Learning Theory– Constructivism/Connectivism
Examples: Facebook, Twitter and Yammer –overview
Educational uses of social networking
Issues & challenges
DET NSW - Code of Conduct
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What is a social network siteA site in which: Members have a public or semi-public profile within an
account-specific environment Share a connection with other members
Friends/Family Colleagues Contacts
View & contribute to a list of activities, resources or narratives of other members
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Why have SNS become increasingly popular?
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Popular social networking services
Facebook (2004) MySpace (2003) Twitter (2006) Bebo (2005) Yammer (DET)
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Rise of social networks Youth exchanging macro-
blogging for micro-blogging All age groups Communication/collaboration Promotional / advertising tools Sharing media – photos/ videos RSS/Subscribe
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RSS
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US Stats 2010 Facebook adult users
73% Myspace profile 48%
Adult users LinkedIn adult users
14%
Teens not using Twitter in large numbers
Young adults lead the way in Twitter 18-29yo
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Statistics
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Adult SNS users have a profile
18 -29 Adults 30+ All Adults0
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FBMySpaceLinkedIn
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AUS stats (2010) 75% have visited Facebook 59% have a profile Jan 2010 Au averaged 8.5hrs on
Facebook 36% of mobile users access
Facebook via their phone 1 in 5 AU aged 55+ reported
using Facebook Sept 2009 Twitter peaked at 1.6
mil users – dropped Jan 2010 to 1.2
March 2010 AU averaged 7hrs on sns. Most in the world (5.5hrs globally
MySpace 2.1 mil users Base flattened in AU and across
the world Losing ground to Facebook Investing in redevelopment of its
platform
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eLearning Survey
/ Open for 3 weeks 7-25 March/ Good sample of populations:
/ 1264 Students/ 680 Staff
/ Good representation of staff/student demographics/ Good representation of technology skills
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Some findingsFindings Students StaffHigh use of SMS daily 53% 49%
High uptake of Smartphones -iPhone,Android,Blackberry
39% 32%
Use of Broadband at home 79% 84%
Use of TAFE wireless 23% 26%
Use of maps and geo location services on mobile
62% 63%
Use of facebook for teaching & Learning
32% 22%
85 % students own a laptop/netbook46 % Staff do not feel supported in their use of educational technology85 % Students feel they need online access to course material
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Learning TheoryHow learning occurs
Influencing factors
How transfer occurs
Types of learning
ConstructivismPiaget Vygotsky
Social, meaning created by each learner
Existing schema, previous experience
Socialization Social, collaborative
ConnectivismSiemensDownes
Distributed within a network socially, technologically enhanced
Diversity of network, strength of ties, context of occurence
Connecting to (adding) nodes and growing the network (social/conceptual/biological)
Complex learning, rapid changing core, diverse knowledge source.
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Learning approaches
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Connectivism
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Facebook - basics www.facebook.com Accounts can be set up with
a valid email address User profiles get a unique
url
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Facebook – page Creating an account Pages - friends Groups - likes Invite/request IM
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Facebook - educational tool
Apps for Teachers
Webinaria
Book Tag
Files
Make a quiz
Language exchange
Math Formulas
Courses
Calendar
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Facebook – educational tool
Class projects
Faciliate Communiction
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Educational Apps
/ Educational Apps• Notely• Study Groups• Notecentric• Class Notes• Wikiseek Search• Many more.....
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Twitter - basics
www.twitter.com Accounts can be set up
with a valid email address
User profiles get a unique url
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May 2008
“Twitter beats media in reporting China Earthquake”
An almost real time search tool
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Twitter – page Create an account Write a tweet (post) News feeds Personal page Followers/following 140 characters Current/up-to-date Dymamic/keeps moving
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Twitter - Lingo
@andybeal – direct message to a specific user. Public
d andybeal – direct message. Private
#olympics – hash marks tag comments
Tweet – to send a message Followers – subscribers ReTweet – resending a
tweet that someone else said
Check out twictionary for more
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Twitter – educational tool
• Twit Board
• Summing Up
• Twit Links
• Micro Write
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Facebook & Twitter Inviting atmosphere Comfortability Informal Promotes collaboration Students engaged Sharing Access Mobile phone app
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Issues and challenges – FB/Twitter
Privacy Identity – personal email Boundaries Private/public access Relevant / reputable source of information Open network
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• DET• Messages with a private
network. • Private communication• Closed network• Access• https://www.yammer.com/det.nsw.edu.au
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Yammer –page
Creating an account My feeds My page DM Networking
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Yammer
“It has been a very useful way of extending my network beyond my existing network which is limited to my campus and the people I come into contact with through my day to day work.”
“I feel connected. It’s like having colleagues all in the room at the same time, ready to answer questions and help out.”
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Yammer – educational tool
Attachments Threaded discussions Enables creation of groups Desktop client Integrates with Twitter Network with colleagues beyond immediate
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Issues and Challenges
CLOSED Environment, must have a @det.nsw.edu.au email
No student access
Educational Benefits
File attachments – yammer Networking Collaboration
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SNS in the teaching and learning/ Communicate and
develop knowledge / Learning and
collaboration/ Enhance
communication/ Engaging and relevant
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Student skills development
Skills
Digital Literacy
Digital Media
Research Knowledge
Management Skills
Networking Skills
Recording Learning
Content Creation
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Recap - Issues and Challenges
/ Responsibility/ Privacy/ Identity/ limit access/ Cyber-bullying/harassment/ Critically evaluate online sources
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DET NSW - Code of Conduct / “fairness, respect, integrity and
responsibility”/ Available on sydnet or directly from the DET NSW intranet/ https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/employment/codeofconduct// Social media sites will be unblocked to staff during Term 2 / Social media policy and guidelines / https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/deptresources/templates/socialmedia/
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Resources/ Read more:
http://webupon.com/social-networks/the-rise-of-social-networking/#ixzz1HOSsFDex
/ www.onlinecollege.org%2F2009%2F10%2F20%2F100-ways-you-should-be-using-facebook-in-your-classroom?
/ http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education
/ http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education
/ http://fln.sydneyinstituteonline.net/blogs/blog/2010/02/11/yammer-closed-micro-blogging-vs-open-micro-blogging-ie-twitter/
/ http://www.techxav.com/2009/06/15/the-future-of-education-teachers-to-use-facebook-twitter-youtube-to-teach/