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The focus of the seminar is to explore the use of social media and digital skills development with Computing Students to: - develop confident communication skills - work collaboratively both synchronously and asynchronously - develop a professional online presence
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The use of social media and development of digital skills to enhance learning and
teaching in Computing
Sue Beckingham | @suebecksSheffield Hallam University
The focus of the seminar will be to explore the use of social media to:
• develop confident communication skills1
• work collaboratively both synchronously and asynchronously2
• develop a professional online presence 3
develop confident communication skills1
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Trans-disciplinary Skills
http://punya.educ.msu.edu/2013/05/10/2-diagrams-21st-century-knowledge-synthesized-7-trans-disciplinary-skills/
Brief: Below is a link to video that introduces the concept of blogging in plain English. This needs to be viewed in YouTube so click on the link ‘Watch on YouTube’. Happy blogging!
Introduction to the concept of blogging
http://youtu.be/NN2I1pWXjXI
Brief: There are a number of blog tools you can choose from. These include WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr. Your blog will form the digital portfolio for your assessment. You are expected to make a minimum of 10 posts over the semester.
Reflective Blogging
Give directed topics weekly to help students focus on an aspect of their learning whilst encouraging additional posts
Encourage use of images, video and audio
Brief: You need to create a digital ‘about me’. This can be a video or a screencast with voice over. It should include both information to introduce yourself and also a professional you. Think about your skills and aspirations. It should be recorded and saved as a YouTube file so that you may embed it into your blog. The duration should be approximately 2-3 minutes.
Note: Students selected a private setting and then invited just myself as Tutor to view.
Digital ‘About Me’ Video
Digital 'About Me' Videos
Choice of:
• video to camera (majority used mobile phones)
or • a screencast
Used http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/
Introducing
Video CVs
1. Shared ‘how not to do it’ first
2. Asked Students to research ‘good exemplars’
Using YouTube video for presentation style tips
Inspiration from Slideshare
Why collaborate?To share and develop ideas, contribute different skills.
What are the advantages of digital collaboration?Sharing of ideas and information using online technologyEnables the development of valuable connections amongst peopleAllows both synchronous and asynchronous interactions removing barriers of place and time
work collaboratively both synchronously and asynchronously2
Collaborative Digital Tools
Use a #ClassHashtag
Google Drive: shared documents, spreadsheets and presentations
Google Hangouts
shared presentations
Some examples. There are many more!
Google Forms
Digital Register
QR code leading to a Google Form asking for name and student number. Free form box for questions or feedback.
Auto creates a spread sheet
Show students how the tool can be used
Use of Google Drive
Students used Google Docs for group meeting minutes and agendas, plus collaboration on group work diagrams.
Use filtered into other modules.
Online Group Meetings
Used Google Hangouts or Skype, which were captured using screencast-o-matic and embedded in to their
individual blogs to reflect upon.
Using Twitter as a search engine
10 Ways to use
Twitter in Teaching
Resource building
2. Interactive
lectures
3. Quick-fire recaps
4. Instant feedback
5. Reminders
6. Set up a Twitter chat
7. Research using the advanced
search
8. Reviews
9. Survey
10. Direct (private)
messaging
1. Resource building - tutors AND students can use a course hashtag toshare links to relevant resources. These could include websites, newsarticles, videos, podcasts, images, SlideShare presentations as well asbooks and journal papers.2. Interactive lectures - ask students to answer questions during a lecture.Or, get people talking before the lecture or the seminar by raisingquestions.3. Quick-fire recap of a lecture - ask students to summarise key points4. Instant feedback - areas they would like to go over again5. Reminders of deadlines and events6. Set up a Twitter chat with an industry expert, client group or professionalcommunity7. Research ideas and opinions using the advanced search8. Reviews - write a concise micro review of a book, an article, a film orevent9. Survey - set up a poll or an online questionnaire and tweet the link10. Direct messaging - use DM for private tutorial questions
https://blogs.shu.ac.uk/ltconference/files/2013/09/10-Ways-to-Use-Twitter1.pdf
develop a professional online presence 3
Personal Blogs
Personal Websites
Video How To Guides
http://press.linkedin.com/about
Why
It's THE biggest
professional networking
site
However....unlike footprints
in the sand digital footprints are permanent
http://www.alexa.com/topsites/global
!
will find your digital footprints!
Social media ranks highly
Student Focus Group
Integrating new skills needs to take a
scaffolded approach and be recognised across
the whole course
The use of social media and development of digital skills to enhance learning and teaching
in Computing
Sue Beckingham | @suebecksSheffield Hallam University
