And www.knightcite.com for the automatic APA referencing

Social Media as a means of communicating and engaging

students

“Don’t be sceptical about using social media, organisations need to embrace it, not question it”

NZIM student

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-growth-of-social-media-an-infographic/32788/

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-growth-of-social-media-an-infographic/32788/

Why would I use this, its just for kids social chat

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009132&ecid=a6506033675d47f881651943c21c5ed4

The New Zealand Landscape

14-19 20-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-64 65+

204,660 211,260

115,320 93,320 77,400 67,940 54,500 42,620 30,680 19,200 40,540

216,980 209,740

132,120118,080

107,80095,060

84,32071,060

51,10030,520

47,160

620 2,580

5,520

6,0205,800

5,0403,340

3,360

3,320

2,020

3,580

Facebook accounts by age and gender in NZ

MALE FEMALE ND

Data retrieved from facebook.com 22/8/2012

Penetration into the NZ population

14-19 20-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-64 65+

106.3% 102.5%

77.2%69.8%

54.0%44.9%

35.1%29.2%

24.3% 20.6%14.3%

119.1%109.6%

87.9%82.3%

70.0%62.9%

51.0%46.3%

38.8%31.5%

14.1%

Facebook accounts to total predicted NZ popu-lation by age and gender

MALE FEMALE

Sourced from Statistics.govt.nz and facebook.com

How are our students connecting?

100% use a computer at home

47% use a computer at work

73% use a mobile device

34% use a Polytechnic Computer

#45 respondents

What are we doing?

Facebook

Groups Set up by class and if required cohort or year Alumni and Student mix involved This is more student driven than tutor Peer tutoring with Tutor oversight Tutors remain as Administrators

How are we using it?

1. Posts to Current News Articles 2. Class Messages3. Exam Timetables4. Room changes and alterations5. Reminders

How are we using it?

6. Discussion Topics7. Exam prep8. Q & A9. Surveys10. Topical videos from

You Tube TED TVNZ The RSA

How are others using it?

1. Scheduled Live Online Discussion Forum2. Assessment3. Online Tests

What about our students?

A quick survey

Usage of social media:

Facebook MSYS111 class 86%STMG391 class 100%NZIM group 40%

It’s about how we used it......

What else

Google Docs 50%

Docs.com (Microsoft office online) 12%

Tell me more! 32%

Wow I am using Google Documents for all my current assignments. Access it from your Waikato Google email. Freakin awesome!! The cool thing is everyone can access and edit documents in real time and it is all integrated from the Waikato system

What are they using?

Facebook 100%

Google + 35%Linkedin 23%Twitter 23%Pintrest 6%

#42 rsepondents

How they view it

30% want the Polytechnic to communicate via Facebook

70% Don’t mind

None complained about it being “personal space”

BayLearn? (Moodle)

70% say it is useful65% find it easy to use35% use it purely for lecture notes35% want to link it to their Facebook page25% say it’s OK for what it is

Unless “forced” by course requirements none use the forum feature.

Moodle

Is a great repository of information and notes.

But is not where Students interact

Thoughts

“Every paper should have a dedicated Facebook group page” (Dip Bus Student)

What about privacy?

Too late!

If you have a Facebook page that is open you have already been “stalked”

And a quick thought

I put out a secondary survey.

% of students who Googled tutors

% of students who searched Facebook

% of students who checked Linkedin

37%

27%

57%

28% Said they had not searched for a tutor....

Students thoughts on privacy

Do you have privacy concerns on social network sites:

Yes 28%No 29%Don’t really think about it 42%

Facebook

You do not “friend” your students

You add them to a group

You maintain your privacy

And they maintain theirs.

Their Friday night posts do not end up on your timeline!