1. Social
media &
the post-
graduate
student
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2. Aim for today
The aim of this workshop is to
introduce you to social media and
how you can use it for
postgraduate education, as
teachers, learners and
researchers.
3. Objectives
List some of the common social media tools that
be used for postgraduate education;
Identify how you can use these tools to build
personal learning networks;
Describe some examples in which social media
can be used for postgraduate education;
Discuss the issues that must be considered
when working with social media;
Construct a plan for how you can use social
media for your own personal learning.
4. What is social media?
“web-based and mobile technologies that turn
communication into interactive dialogue”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
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5. Why is social media
relevant to us as learners,
teachers & researchers?
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6. Group discussion
What do you know about social media?
How do you currently use social media?
How would you like to use it in the future?
What are your concerns about social media?
What would you particularly like to know today?
7. How can social media be used
for
postgraduate learning, teaching
& research?
48. Group work – set up a Twitter account
(Teacher, student, researcher,
university manager, IT provider)
How did it go?
What did you learn?
What went well?
What issues arose?
What questions do you still have?
49. Tips for using social media to build
a personal learning network
50. Develop an online presence
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51. Become familiar with online
communication tools
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52. Invest time in getting to know
people
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53. Give, as well as take
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54. Be
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55. “Focus on how to be social, not on
how to do social.”
- Jay Baer, Convince & Convert
56. Develop a personal plan
How are you going to use social media for your
personal learning?
How will you use it as a professional tool?
What do you need?
Feedback to the group – what are the key
features of your plan?
Somewhere to store information? A way to communicate, or a teaching/learning methodology? Who are your learners? What is the appropriate tool for what you want to achieve?