A fly on the Facebook Wall

teaching using social media

The challenge...

• Fundamentals of Science (Year long)• Statistics (traditionally ‘dry’ subject)• Core Module (350 students)• 9 o’clock Monday morning• Didn’t know each other• Catering for different learning styles• ANSWER: Facebook

How it worked – Part 1

• Avoiding the ‘Creepy Tree-house Effect’• Closed Groups• Semester 1 (ALL – alternate SM and

traditional)• Set Tasks (TASKPRODS)• Students posted work• Feedback

Seven Collectives Pages...

TASKPRODS (problem solving)

Students post their up work...

TASKPRODS (data)

Students can post and upload work in any way they like

And I mean ANY way they like...

I call this piece “Frequency Histogram with Guinea Pig”

Guess what we’re watching?

Video Posts

FEEDBACK

Roundup Videos...

How it worked – Part 2

• Semester 2 (optional – entirely on SM)

• Could work alone or in groups (2-5)

• Choose from 1 of 6 Creative Projects

Stats Guides: printed / interactive

Stats Guides: Video Guide

Data Collection: observational / data logging

Data Collection: DIY experiments

The output

Result

Data Collection: Ornithopters

Data Collection: Rube Goldberg Machines

A fly on the Facebook Wall

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