Accompanying slides to the ECER 2012 conference presentation and paper "Social Media and Ethics in Education from the Perspective of Diversity"

1. Social Media and Ethics in Education
from the Perspective of Diversity
Antoine van den Beemt
ECER 21 Sept 2012
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2. Social Media and Ethics in Education
from the Perspective of Diversity
Introduction
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3. Social Media and Ethics in Education
from the Perspective of Diversity
Contents:
• Interactive media use: private practice vs.
school practice
• Interactive media use in NL
• Social media codes of conduct
• Diversity in interactive media use
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4. Interactive media use:
private practice vs. school practice
Applying interactive media/SNS as learning
tool: tensions
Private: informal, volatile, playful
‘their space’ (Selwyn, 2010);
identity development
School: formal, long term, serious
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5. Interactive media use in the Netherlands
Internet access from home
No non-users 9 to 23 y-o
Possession of mobile devices among
youths: 80% of 8-18 y-o, of which 60% have
internet access
Schools are connected, BYOD
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6. Social media codes of conduct
An effort to break the tension between
private and practice
First ones published: focused on restrictions
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7. Social media codes of conduct
“It is not allowed for employees and students to
engage actively with social media during
class, unless the school management explicitly
has agreed to do so. “Ficting
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8. Social media codes of conduct
“It is for people involved not allowed to share
school related photo-, film- or sound recordings
on social media, unless people involved have
given their agreement. “Ficting
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9. Social media codes of conduct
An effort to break the tension between
private and practice
First ones published: focused on restrictions
Recently: constructive approaches
Ficting
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10. Social media codes of conduct
“The school integrates social media as much as
possible in courses in order to contact experts
and to respond to topicalities” Ficting
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11. Social media codes of conduct
“The school makes an effort to let students
experience the possibilities of social media”
“The school encourages students to make active
use of social media for learning processes during
classes” Ficting
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12. Social media codes of conduct
“The school expects educators to have sufficient
knowledge to learn students required social
media skills valuable to the learning process”
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13. Social media codes of conduct
“The school expects educators to have sufficient
knowledge to learn students required social
media skills valuable to the learning process”
“in reality many learners don’t have a good
grasp of technologies - particularly not in terms
of how technologies can be used for academic
purposes" (De Freitas & Conole, 2011). Ficting
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14. Social media codes of conduct
An effort to break the tension between
private and practice
First ones published: focused on restrictions
Recently: constructive approaches
Including pedagogy/methods
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15. Diversity in interactive media use
• 4 categories of users:
Van den Beemt, A., Akkerman, S., & Simons, P.R.J. (2009) Jongeren en interactieve media:
diversiteit in het gebruik van interactieve media onder jongeren. Kennisnet, Zoetermeer
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16. Conclusion
- Intensive SNS use, informal, identity, volatile
- Codes of conduct, guidelines, connected to
pedagogy
- Take into account diversity in interactive
media use Ficting
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17. Social Media and Ethics in Education
from the Perspective of Diversity
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