Social  media  in  virtual  mobili1es  Dr. Diana Andone

Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania

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Interna1onal  Conference  SMART  –  Social  Media  in  Academic  Research  and  Training  Timisoara  18-­‐20  September  2014  

Digital students & Technology

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need to control - online activity, communication, eLearning environment�

Digital  students  

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Virtual mobility or virtual placement virtual components facilitated through an ICT supported learning environment, where the three key stakeholders (students, universities and enterprises) interact with one another independent of time and space

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Projects

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Computa1onal  thinking  

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Crea0ve  creators  SMART  2014  

Global  workforce    

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TalkTech  project  2008-­‐2013  UPTimisoara  Romania      

BU,  Boston,  USA  

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TalkTech  2008  –  2013  Where  We  Are  

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TalkTech  2008  –  2013    Students  

Bentley  University      •  IT  101,  Informa1on  

Technology  •  50  students  •  Spoke  English  •  Web  literate  •  PC  Literate    •  Age  18-­‐21  

UP  Timisoara  •  TMM,  Technologies  of  

Mul1media  •  40  students  •  Spoke  English  •  Web  literate  •  PC  Literate  •  Age  21-­‐24  

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587  students  involved,  no  dropout  

TalkTech  2008  –  2013  Students  

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ViCaDiS  campus  

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TalkTech  2008  –  2013    2008  

•  Create  a  web  page  with  images,  a  video,  a  PowerPoint  or  Google  presenta1on,  a  recorded  audio  conversa1on,  or  a  combina1on  of  any  of  these  that  presents  your  group’s  understanding  of  a  current  issue  in  technology  and  culture  

•  Post  content  and  group  progress  to  a  collabora1ve  Google  Site  TalkTech2008  

2009  

•  Research  a  web-­‐based  collabora1on  tool  

•  Create  a  wiki  page  with  images,  blog  entry,  video    or  video  tutorial  of  a  tool;  post  link  on  ViCaDiS    

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•  Create  a  short  video  evalua1ng  two  similar  online  collabora1on  tools    (screen  sharing,  forms,  presenta1ons,  video  conferencing,  scheduling,  project  management,  mind  mapping)  from  the  perspec1ves  of  usability  and  entrepreneurship  

•  Summarize  findings  in  a  Google  Doc  or  video.     SMART  2014  

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TalkTech2010  project  

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TalkTech  2008  –  2013    2011  •  Create  a  presenta1on  in  which  your  group  analyzes  and  discusses  the  poten1al  of  

various  start-­‐up  Internet  companies  •  Use  VoiceThread  to  add  comments  or  narra1on  to  the  presenta1on’s  slides;  

integrate  in  ViCaDiS  blog  2012  •  Create  a  presenta1on  in  which  your  group  researches  innova1ve  methods  used  in  

business  by  promising  start-­‐up  companies    •  Use  VoiceThread  to  add  comments  or  narra1on  to  the  presenta1on’s  slides;  

integrate  in  ViCaDiS  blog    2013  •  Research  popular  web  or  mobile  apps    •  Create  an  interac1ve  image  using  ThingLink  Annota1ons  must  include  audio  and  

video  clips  in  which  interna1onal  partners  appear  simultaneously  discussing  their  topic  

•  Post  ThingLink  to  ViCaDiS  blog  

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TalkTech  2008  –  2013    

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•  Mul1cultural  •  Online  –  different  1mezones  •  Simulate  real  world  work  in  an  IT  company  •  Students  freely  choose  the  tools,  communica1on,  working  1me  and  hours  

•  Students  connect  using  several  social  media  tools  

•  All  students  finished  and  delivered  the  ar1fact  

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TalkTech  2008  –  2013  main  Tools    

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TalkTech  2013  Student  Use  of  Technologies  

•  1.  Mobile  phone    •  2.  SMS  –  text  messaging    •  3.  iPod  /mp3  player  •  4.  Search  engines  (Google/Bing)    •  5.  Online  Messaging  (Yahoo,  G-­‐Chat,  

etc)    •  6.  VoIP  (Skype,  Google  Talk,  etc)    •  7.  Mobile  chat  (WhatsApp/Viber)  •  8.  Online  video  (YouTube)    •  9.      Photo  Sharing  (Flickr,  Picasa)  •  10.  Online  games  •  11.  Blogs  •  12.  Wikipedia  •  13.  Facebook  •  14.  Twider    •  15.  Collabora1ve  Wri1ng  Apps  

(Google  Docs/Office  Web  Apps)  

ZEF  analy1cs  tool  SMART  2014  

Task Tools

align time zones timeanddate.com

chat Facebook, Yahoo! IM,Google Hangouts

create and host audio SoundCloud

create and host video YouTube, Screencast-o-Matic

create interactive images ThingLink

edit audio Sound Forge

edit images PhotoShop, Paint.net

edit video Windows Live Movie Maker

email Gmail, Outlook

hold video conferences Google Hangouts, Skype

record video mobile phone camera apps

schedule meetings Doodle

search the web Google, Bing

share photos Flickr, Tumblr

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Use  of  tools  

•  Each  year  over  80%  of  students  connected  via  social  media  tools  

•  Each  year  45-­‐62%  from  students  stayed  connected  with  each  other  via  Facebook,  Google+  or  Instagram,  at  one  year  aier  the  end  of  project  

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TalkTech2013  Desirability  Test  

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Conclusions  

•  introduced  students  to  real-­‐world  technology  topics,  trends  and  working  methods  

•  Empowered  students    

•  create  the  learning  and  working  environment  for  producing  the  final  ar1fact,  in  a  self-­‐organized,  networked-­‐based  and  quite  oien  complex  and  chao1c  manner  

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CONTACT Dr.eng. Diana Andone Director e-Learning Center Tel: +40.256403300, Email: diana.andone@upt.ro

UPT  –  CeL    Campus  Virtual        www.cv.upt.ro  

@diando70

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