Social Media for LearningCurriculum Design Studio
Andrew Middleton
Head of Innovation & Professional Development, QESS
Sheffield Hallam University
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Sue Beckingham
Faculty of Arts, Computing & Sciences
Sheffield Hallam University
@andrewmid @suebecks
Session purpose
Look at the potential of social media for learning by populating the Social Media for Learning framework
Develop a SM4L curriculum design tool together
Good ideas for SM4LFirst, list the good ideas for using social media for enhancing learning
Include:
• Things students do of their own accord
• 'Classroom' or formal techniques - things academics facilitate
• Ways you know or think that could make being a student or an academic easier
Short and inspiring
Aim for 140 characters or less!
Also see: https://t.co/NtwpVYwlzG
Map your ideas for SM4L
World Cafe
Place your Post-it notes under the SM4L headings
Review your ideas
Look at your Post-it notes
Socially Inclusive
Social Media for Learning
Supporting and validating learning through mutually beneficial, jointly enterprising and communally
constructive communities of practiceFostering a sense of belonging, being and becoming
Promoting collegiality
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University
Social Media for Learning
Life-wide and Lifelong
Connecting formal, non-formal and informal learning progression
Developing online presenceDeveloping digital literacies
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University
Social Media for Learning
Media Neutral
Learning across and through rich, multiple media
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University
Social Media for Learning
Learner-centred
Promoting self-regulation, self-expression, self-efficacy and confidence
Accommodating niche interests and activities, the ‘long tail’ of education
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University
Social Media for Learning
Co-operative
Promotes working together productively and critically with peers (co-creation) in self-
organising, robust networks that are scalable, loosely structured, self-validating,
and knowledge-forming
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University
Social Media for Learning
Open and Accessible
Supporting spatial, temporal and social openness Promoting open engagement in terms of access
being geographically extended, inclusive, controlled by the learner, gratis, open market or unconstrained
freedom
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University
Social Media for Learning
Authentically Situated
Making connections across learning, social and professional networks
Being scholarly and establishing professional online presence and digital identity
Social Media for Learning Framework produced by Andrew Middleton & Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam University