technology enhanced learning workshop: social media for educators
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Technology enhanced learning workshop in Salem, OR, May 21st and 22nd, 2012 #telw12TRANSCRIPT
Technology enhance learning workshop: Social media for educators
Tanya Joosten, @tjoostenDirector, Interim, Learning Technology CenterLecturer, Department of CommunicationUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Who am I?
I will change the world
Getting started with Twitter
Complete bio or profile
Tips for completing your bio• Upload a picture of yourself, true
representation
• Follow the social media culture
• Focus on potential common interests
• Identify your educational institution
• Be professional, yet personal
How to update your bio
Navigating the interface
Tweeting: Introduce yourself
I’m Tanya Joosten from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, teach communication, help other faculty use technology #eDTECH2012
Build your network
Following
Hashtags
• #telw12• #edusocmedia• #edtech• #highered
#socmedia #sachat #edchat #lrnchat
Google: education hashtags
Others ways to network
• Conference hashtags (#blend12, #et4online, #eli12, #nmc12)
• Join live sessions (#edchat, #sachat)
• Review campus twitter accounts and hasthags (@uwm, #iamuwm)
Tips to developing a network• Update social media profiles to include
an image and a bio appropriate for the social media.
• Connect with colleagues through conference or professional group hashtags.
• Identify useful or influential colleagues and review to who they are connected.
• Participate in your educational institution’s social media accounts.
Social media: Why do we care
Who are our students?
Why do we need to transform?
Engage us
Be human
I want to feel connected
According to a survey by Joosten (2009), students reported that they need good
(67%) and frequent communication (90%) with their instructor and good communication with their classmates (75%). They also reported that they
need to feel connected to learn (80%) (http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz).
I don’t use e-mail
According to PEW Internet study, “Teens who participated in focus groups for this
study said that they view email as something you use to talk to ‘old people,’ institutions, or to send complex instructions to large groups “ (http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/Teens-and-Technology.aspx?r=1).
I *do* use social media – A LOT
According to Bulik (July 8th, 2009) “…They
go to social networking sites 5 days per week and check in 4 times a day for a total of an hour per day” (para 7).
According to PEW Internet study, “…
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of online 18-29 year olds use these sites–similar to the rate among teens–with 45% doing so on a typical day” (http://tinyurl.com/33hynyx).
What is social media?
Web 2.0
Social Media
Social Networking
Sites
900+ Million on Facebook
New survey results also show that among adults 18 and older, Facebook has taken over as the social network of choice
73% of adult profile owners use Facebook
I am mobile
According to Joosten (2009), 71% of students want to receive text messages about their class (http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz).
According to PEW Interent, “the
typical American teen sends and receives 50 or more messages per day, or 1,500 per month.”
Answer… social media?
What is social media?
youtube
Boyd and Ellison (2007)
web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system,
(2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and
(3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system
People sharing; everybody and anybody can share anything anywhere
Solutions UWMSocialMedia.wikispaces.com
Complementing LMS, not replacing
Rachel Baum, Jewish Studies
Susan Stalewski, Health Sciences
Satisfaction
Engagement, Learning, Presence
Communication and Networks
Would you recommend the instructor continue using the social networkingtools? Why or Why not?
If you could fix one thing about the use of the social networking tools, what would it be?
Other benefits of social media
Increases interactions between instructors and students
Enhances communicationBuilds feelings of connectednessOvercomes the challenges of
students at a distance or in remote locations
Facilitates providing timely student feedback
Helps students stay organized Increases student performanceProvides a medium for instructors
enhance their identity and encourage students
Results in high levels of satisfaction of instructors and students
Social media: What do we do with it?
5 questions to consider
What is the pedagogical need?How will the selected social media
help meet that need?What aspects of the learning process
should be improved?What learning outcomes can be
better achieved through the use of the selected social media over other technologies?
What is the expected behavior of students within the selected social media?
What is your pedagogical need?
Increase communication and contactEngage students through rich,
current mediaGather and provide feedback in the
classroomCreate a cooperative and
collaborative learning opportunitiesProvide experiential learning
opportunities
Increase feedback opportunities in the classroom using Twitter
Building cooperation and feedback
Back to hashtags
CATs Peer Instruction Reflection
CATs Activity via Twitter
1.) Answer the question, what is the muddiest point or the point least unclear from this mornings idscussion?
2.) Post your question on Twitter using #telw12.
3.) Respond to at least one other student on Twitter. Don’t forget to use #telw12.
An example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPVWDkF7U8
Benefits
• Provides an opportunity for active learning in large lectures
• Enhances students participation and engagement in class
• Provides frequent, low stakes feedback on student learning
• Creates an opportunity for just in time teaching or to address weaknesses in student learning
• Provides a strategy for integrating blended courses, online and f2f
• Develops cooperation among students
• Increases students satisfaction
Increase communication to mobile devices using Twitter
One case
Need: Increase communication and contact
How will a social media help meet that need?
Students are already using it, or it is available on mobile devices
Provides instant or immediate access to information
Lean medium that is primarily text based
Requires focused and succinct messages with a manageable amount of information
Increase communication through a Facebook fan page
Increasing communication and encouraging contact
Who are our students?
• I want to feel connected
• I don’t use email
• I use social media, a lot
Getting started with Facebook
Create a fan page
Share rich media and content on various social media to engage students
Developing a richer learning experience
Creating a YouTube Account
Your YouTube Channel
Creating a YouTube Playlist
YouTube alternatives
CONTENT & PUBLICATION SchoolTube TeacherTube Vimeo
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT MIT World PBS.org TED YouTube.EDU
And many more!
Benefits
Improving student learning
Helps instructors manage their workload
Enhances 21st century literacy skills for instructors and students
Facilitates the use of rich and current content
Enhances student engagement
Develop strategies for managing your social media
5 questions to consider
• What is the pedagogical need?
• How will the selected social media help meet that need?
• What aspects of the learning process should be improved?
• What learning outcomes can be better achieved through the use of the selected social media over other technologies?
• What is the expected behavior of students within the selected social media?
What is your pedagogical need?• Increase communication and encourage
contact
• Engage students through rich, current media
• Gather and provide feedback in the classroom
• Create a cooperative and collaborative learning opportunities
Social Dashboards - TweetDeck
EDUSOCMEDIA
Youtube.com, Twitter.com
#edusocmediaEdusocmedia.wikispaces.com
Connect with me
twitter.com/tjoosten
facebook.com/tjoosten
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professorjoosten.blogspot.com
tanyajoosten. com