joy d. britt mph graduate student center for community engagement & learning diane hirshberg
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Student and Faculty Knowledge of Social Media. Joy D. Britt MPH Graduate Student Center for Community Engagement & Learning Diane Hirshberg Associate Professor of Education Policy Institute of Social and Economic Research. Setting the Context. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Joy D. Britt MPH Graduate Student
Center for Community Engagement & Learning Diane Hirshberg
Associate Professor of Education PolicyInstitute of Social and Economic Research
Student and Faculty Knowledge of Social Media
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Setting the Context Student-led initiative exploring the use of social
media (SM) tools to facilitate civic, educational and political engagement in undergraduate and graduate students
Paper and online survey of UAA Faculty & Students on knowledge, opinions and use of SM tools
Survey findings will guide next steps toward promoting use of SM for engagement and learning around a specific focus topic (to be determined by student leaders)
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About
Open access institution, AA to Masters degrees
Students (Fall 2009)• Headcount 15,662
• Full-time 6,494• Part-time 9,168• Distance Education
6,260
Faculty (Fall 2009)• Regular Faculty 536 • Adjunct Faculty 447
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Survey Demographics
Gender
Students Faculty
Female 58%
Female 72%
Male 42% Male 26%
Total Respondents
Students 126 Faculty 66
Respondents
Age Respondents
Age
# Students # Faculty
60 17-22 yrs 11 29-39 yrs
25 23-27 yrs 16 40-49 yrs
5 28-33 yrs 11 50-59 yrs
9 34- 58 yrs 9 60-69 yrs
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Top Ten most familiar SM tools
Students
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Top Ten most familiar SM tools
Faculty
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How often are SM tools used?
Facu
lty
Studen
ts
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“If you do not use SM tools described above, why not?”
05
101520253035
Faculty (n=66)Students (n=126)
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If you do not use social media tools, would you be interested in learning
how?Yes 61% No 42%“Educate myself, broaden my scope of technology”
“…overloaded with information”
“it will enhance socialization with friends and UAA as a community”
Safety concerns Stu
den
ts
Yes 58% No 42%“To keep up to date” “Too much time and too
invasive”
“To connect with students”
Skeptical Facu
lty
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Have your professors used or are they presently using social media tools in the classroom? Yes: 78% No: 22%
Student
s
Have you used or are you presently
using social media tools in the classroom?
Yes: 66% No: 36%
Faculty
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Tools faculty use:
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Top 8 Faculty responses
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With the use of social media, was the class environment:
Faculty
StudentsMore Engaging
Somewhat Engaging
More Engaging
Somewhat Engaging
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How important do you think SM tools are to the future?
3%
20%
30%
50%
6%
21%
31%
42%
Students
Faculty
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How beneficial do you think SM tools are to the future of education?
49%
31%
18%
3%
31%
31%
35%
6%
Students
Faculty
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“Would you prefer the use of more social media tools incorporated
into classes?”
65%
37%
61%
41%
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Would you feel more connected to:through the use of SM tools..
Students
Faculty
Students
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Students
Faculty
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
NoYes
“Do you feel more informed / aware of news because of social media?”
85%
17%
53%
47%
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“Do you think social media tools allow you to become more engaged in community, nation and worldly
issues?”
Students Faculty 0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
YesNo
78%
22%
52% 49%
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Summary & Next Steps Faculty and students generally favorable toward using
SM tools Training on SM tools needed on campus Next steps:
• Experiment with SM to engage students in upcoming elections
• Led by eCitizenship Student Council, with support from eCitizenship Faculty Council
• Identify topic area for project post-election• Identify Community Partners for project• Collaborate with the UAA Faculty Technology Center (FTC) & the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) to:
• Have faculty demonstrate how they use SM in the classroom
• Provide technical training for faculty on using SM tools in the classroom (Student led)
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Joy BrittCenter for Community Engagement and [email protected]
Diane HirshbergInstitute of Social and Economic [email protected]
Thank You!
www.uaa.alaska.edu/engage/