from facebook to twitter

From Facebook to Twitter

Social Networking in Education

Celebrating

More than you imagine

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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

http://www.facebook.com/


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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

http://www.twitter.com/


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Twitter

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

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/

http://webupon.com/social-networks/the-rise-of-social-networking/%23ixzz1HOSsFDex

http://webupon.com/social-networks/the-rise-of-social-networking/%23ixzz1HOSsFDex

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://fln.sydneyinstituteonline.net/blogs/blog/2010/02/11/yammer-closed-micro-blogging-vs-open-micro-blogging-ie-twitter/

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