Using Social Software Tools forLearning & Teaching

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Which Social Media Tools do you use ?

Social Media

Choose a smartboard tool and indicate by clicking in the appropriate boxes

You Tube Twitter Flickr Facebook Wikipedia

LinkedIn Vimeo Blogger Pinterest Tumblr

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What is Social Media?

»Changed the way we use the internet

› We were passive consumers

› Now able to contribute / comment without specialist web skills

› Knowledge and data sharing

› Publish in real-time

»Assumes people are always online

› PC/laptop/handheld devices

»Web-based / Browser reliant

»Easy to use

Social Media

Web2.0 Tools

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/social-software/index_html

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Snapshot of current uses

»Academic Staff Responses

› Most - Social Media enhances the quality of the Learning Experience and agree students are at ease using it

› Some – Consider Social Media to be a distraction

»Most popular tool – YouTube

› Confident to use to sign post learners to subject specific content

ETNA 2012 Key Findings Report

Social Space Academic

Environment

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Snapshot of current uses

»Lagging behind –Facebook; Blogs; Wikis; Twitter

› Facebook – divided opinions

› e-Safety

ETNA 2012 Key Findings Report

Learners actively use it.Good to use popular tool for

learning Uneasiness around usingpersonal/non-college tools

with learners

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Which Social Media Tools do you use with your learners?

Social Media

Choose a smartboard tool and indicate by clicking in the appropriate boxes

You Tube Twitter Flickr Facebook Wikipedia

LinkedIn Vimeo Blogger Pinterest Tumblr

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How are you using Social Media Tools?

Social Media

Please share your current uses of Social Media in Learning and Teachingwww.padlet.com/wall/social_media1

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Pedagogical Considerations?

Social Media

Modernising Learning

»Complementing existing pedagogy› Social Constructivism – Vygotsky

»Evolving Pedagogy› Connectivisim – Siemens

»Meeting learners expectations› People expect to be able to work & learn wherever

and whenever they want› Use own technologies along with institutional tool

• Blogger / Wordpress / Elgg / Typepad

• Twitter / Plurk

Blogs / Micro Blogs

•Wikipedia•Wikispaces / Wetpaint

WIKIs

• Scoop.it / Tumbler / Delicious / Diigo/ Digg / CiteUlike / Stumbleupon

Social Bookmarking/Digital Curation

• Facebook / LinkedIn / Bebo / Ning

Social Networking

Types of Applications

Social Media

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Blogs• Online journal - chronological posts -

searchable• Commenting facility• Media can be easily incorporated (e.g. video

or images)• Excellent tool to encourage reflection• Records distance travelled• A good tool for building up evidence

http://tinyurl.com/rsc-sm-blog

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Microblogs• Post small pieces of digital content (max no.

of characters)• Posts followed (by friends, colleagues,

students)• Instant publication with few restrictions• Portable tool which feels organic and

spontaneous• Good collaboration and information sharing

tool • Can encourage reflection, peer review with

the potential to enrich learning experiences

100 ways to use twitter in educationhttp://tinyurl.com/twitter-100education

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WIKIs• Website which can be edited collaboratively• A range of media can be incorporated (text,

video, images, hyperlinks)• All editing is recorded and easy to revert to the

previous version of the wiki• Good for group activities as changes can be

documented and thought processes recorded

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Social Bookmarking / Digital Curation• Enables storing, organising & sharing favourite

websites• Meaningful keywords added so collections are

searchable• Bookmarks can be shared with students or

colleagues• Sets of resources can be presented in visually

stimulating ways

Images from www.scoopit.com

http://tinyurl.com/video-scoopit

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Social Networking• Users create a profile and make it available to

“friends”• A network of contacts is built-up• Tools include blog, photo & video upload, IM &

chat• Now being used more than email

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FACEBOOKSocial networkMake connectionsShare information/interestsStrengthen student teacher relationshipsUseful for collaborationGroup toolsNotificationDiscussionPollingFile sharing

101 Ways you should be using Facebook in the classroomhttp://tinyurl.com/facebook-100classroom/

http://tinyurl.com/facebook-update-guide

Always updated guide to Facebook privacy

http://www.rsc-scotland.org/?p=2163

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BenefitsSocial Media applications are easy to use and and can be easily accessed online using a browser

Modernises the curriculum with many already being used by young people - Can communicate with students outside class time

Increases choice and the scope for personalisation & learner autonomy

Improves possibilities for deeper & reflective learning

Supports collaboration & communication (tutor to student & student to student)

Largely free or very inexpensive & inherently scalable

Things to ConsiderOlder people are not familiar with social software services to the same extent & lack web2.0 skills and attitudes

Learners & staff may not find mixing social and academic spaces desirable

Start with one tool and add others later – Think quality not quantity

Awarding Bodies require to have confidence in systems - Rubrics for assessing work that use social software tools require to be developed

Use tools to collaborate and communicate with colleagues

Social Media

image from Flickr by opensourceway licensed through cc

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Your future use of Social Media Tools?

Social Media

Please share your thoughts on how you will use Social Media in future Learning and Teachingwww.padlet.com/wall/social_media2