SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL KITS FOR

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

LEARNING DIARY ROUND-UPOlalekan Abiona

Course Objective

Designed to help make effective use

of Social Media tools and the

numerous of Web 2.0 tools for both

personal and professional

communication activities.

Course Assesment

Plus (+):

Convenience

Flexibility

study anywhere

personal tool kit collection

Acquired remarkable knowledge from the assignments:

personal profile – prezi

ability to create with unfamiliar web-based tool

Course Assesment

mindmapping – mindmeister

outstanding web-based tool worth using

social bookmarking: delicious

beneficial for future use in all context

virtual world – google doc

exploring virtual worlds deeply

Video/Photostory – windows movie maker

a bit challenging to get the task done

A good practice to handle interview

Course Assesment

Publication/Written Comm. – massidea

a good task to observe, express and

compare one’s writing skills and share.

Learning Diary – MS PowerPoint/slideshare

facebook integrated website

no fresh account sign up

sign in with facebook account

Course Assesment

I fancied the creative related assignments

open grading assessment

Updating students via the use of facebook a big

plus

Have access to recorded lectures/presentation is a

big bonus

Extra-task for missing lecture a plus

On the other hand, might be a factor to miss lecture

Provision of useful link and reading materials

Course Assesment

Minus ( --):

Lack of communication between students

No Social Interaction

10 – 15 tools = 10 – 15 fresh sign ups

signing up should be minimum

Option to choose between 2 - 4

unclear voice and echoing during lectures

technology requirement

detailed course description should be a must

Reading through other students assignment seems a bit

challenging

Personal, Professional, Collaboration, Education and

Entertainment communication toolkits

My ToolKits

Personal Professional Collaboration Educational Entertainment

Suggestions

Project-based assignment that will allow student to –

discuss and brainstorm

interact, relate and solve problems

share ideas and opinion

build and explore social network for the future

second life small project involvement would be an ideal practical example

Facebook, twitter, etc integrated sites should be considered for major assignments

Mandatory pair or group task/assignment to bring students together

Course could be offered as an elective course

Suggestions

Topics -

Monitoring the Social Web and beyond

App Alert: google alerts, google blog search,

tweetbeep etc

RSS and the Blog Community

Differences between Social and Professional

Networking

Empowering the Crowd through Social Networking

Social Media Marketing: Tips for Beginners

Course Continuity

QUESTION?

Should the course: Social Media Tool Kit for Effective

Communication continue?

ANSWER

Yes! Yes! Yes!!!

Why to continue…?

Learned tools acted as a social network tool kit to:

create, manage and distribute content, build awareness,

connect with friends, family and building social network

for the future

Social networking remains a leading trend and cannot be

sidelined.

Learning: Round Up!