1. Role of Social Media
in Your Classroom
Datta Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.
University of Maryland, University College (UMUC)
Kay Lehmann, Ed.D.
University of Wisconsin-Stout
2. Overview
Social media learning benefits
Introduction – What is “social media?”
Types of social media
Classroom uses
Questions
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5. What social media is NOT
Static webpages
Email
Phone calls
Audience examples
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6. Types of social media
Twitter - Micro-blogging
Blogs
Wikis
Social bookmarking
Authentic examples of each
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7. SHARE YOUR BENEFITS
Engage students
Interactivity
Create learning communities
Share & exchange information and ideas
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8. Connect offices or groups
Brainstorm solutions
Examples from my classes
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16. Characteristics of Twitter
Brief messages –
140 char
Can include images
Shortened links to
other content
See all from
“following”
Send to all
“followers”
Other micro-blogging tools: Tumblr,
FriendFeed, Facebook, Google + …
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17. What are #hashtags
Start with a #
Make Twitter searchable
Give tweets context
Make up your own or
Hashtags.org
#edtech
#eLearning
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#someoneexplainthisplease
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18. Uses for Twitter in Higher Ed
Student feedback AKA backchannel
Sharing resources
Connecting with experts
Online chats
http://maggiev.edublogs.org/2011/11/23/day-14-6-steps-to-create-a-twitter-backchannel-for-your-classroom/
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28. Social Bookmarking/Delicious
Other tools i.e.
Diigo
Bookmarks
always available
Curating links –
no more fixing
course links
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https://delicious.com/onlineteach
29. VOICE THREAD – PEER ASSESSMENT
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30. VOICE THREAD – WIKI GLOSSARY
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31. Facebook
People already there/Can be private group
Build community beyond course
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35. Social Media Tools
Online Course Uses
Benefits
Twitter
Facebook
Share information
Share resources
Searchable messages
Conference information
Update class status
Video reviews
Celebrate students
Student engagement
Broaden course content
Build supportive community
Global conversation
Questions and answers
Student encouragement
Social Bookmarking
Scoop.it
Pinterest
Search & share information
and resources
Organize and store research
Develop course reading list
Build back links for websites
Broaden course content
Future referencing
Wikis
Course netiquette Page
Collaborative projects
Live etextbook
Virtual teamwork
Planning and guidelines
Synthesize information
Build interdependency
Spark motivation
Enhance effective interaction
Blogs
Eportfolio
Reflective Journal
Presentation of Team Project
K-12 Parental involvement
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Offer community updates
Build ownership of process
Future job portfolio
36. Conclusions and questions
Datta Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.
Kay Lehmann, Ed.D.
khalsad@uwstout.edu
lehmannk@uwstout.edu
University of Wisconsin-Stout
http://www.slideshare.net/klehmann/passhe-role-of-social-media-in-higher-education
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Notas del editor
Datta introduce herselfThen Kay introduces herself and hashtag
Interactions – create, share, exchange information and ideas Kay
Datta
Kay with Datta
Kay with Datta
Datta
Datta Ask audience
Datta
Datta
Datta
Image – shows Twitter feed in a tool called Tweetdeck that allows a view of several columns of tweets at once. In this image one column is showing the most recent tweets marked with the hashtag #edtech and the second is marked with the hashtag #eLearning. In the footer of all slides is the hashtag for this presentation. This allows conference attendees to share info about the presentation with those unable to attend.
Example of a few postings in recent Twitter feed – Following mostly educational leaders and institutions. While the messages are short they can still make a point. Notice the one from ePals has quite a lot of info “meet this ePals class from Australia. They have a traveling Kangaroo! Find out more & how you can connect with them.” followed by a shortened link. Many messages are notifications of new research articles, news items, and blog postings. Top two messages have hashtagsEdudemic #blog #education Class Tech Tips #TpT #CommonCore #ipaded #edtech Beside the name of the message poster is their twitter name/handle
Hashtags are phrases or acronyms which begin with a # hashmark which is where the term hashtag is derived. Hashtags make Twitter messages searchable. If you want to find out about educational technology #edtech would be one search term. Elearning is just that #eLearning with no space or hyphen between e and learning. You can make up your own and provide it to students such as perhaps the course number but check on Hashtags.org to find out if others are using it already or just try searching for it. Sometimes folks use hashtags to give context, commentary, or humor to tweets such as the last example someone explain this please Hashtags are important if you are going to participate in a Twitter chat, ask students to backchannel or find information relevant to a particular topic.
If anyone is using our hashtag #PASSHESocMediayou are participating in what is known as a backchannel. This is feedback or discussion about an ongoing event which could be your course. http://maggiev.edublogs.org/2011/11/23/day-14-6-steps-to-create-a-twitter-backchannel-for-your-classroom/ We talk about 24/7 learning and learning beyond the confines of the course schedule and Twitter is one way to create those types of learning. Using specific hashtags learners could share resources, thoughts, ideas around the clock and after the quarter/semester/course ends. Students can locate experts on Twitter in any field and ask questions related to their research or future work. There are also live synchronous chats on Twitter. http://www.cybraryman.com/twitter.html
Took a quick snap of an educational chat in progress on twitter, this happened to be the Inside Online Learning chat At the time I was working on this presentation and adding images this was the only chat taking place. Most chats are in the evening. There are a huge number of educational chats on every day of the week.
Image – This image has two windows overlapped to show both the link and the result of clicking the link. In the blue outlined box is a shot from the course content page with a link to the Delicious list for this module. For this module the list is all items marked “flipped” for flipped classroom, the topic of the course. The remainder of the image shows what the student would see. The list shows the title of the item, keywords added by the Delicious user for that link and a short description. This list is arranged by date. The latest additions to Delicious with the keyword “flipped” are at the beginning of the list. This keeps the list fresh. Once in the Delicious list students can add additional keywords to the search box to fine-tune the results they are seeing.
Image – This is a photoshopped version of a private Facebook group page. Images of students who use the page have been deleted from the view. The blue arrow is pointing to the lock symbol which indicates this is a locked or private group. The blue box shows how the creator of the group (and only the creator or someone else they designate) can add additional members to the private group. This group is used for some course discussions during the social media class to show how a private group works. Once this course ends students can leave the group or stay in it and discuss topics of interest with new members of the group when the next session of the course begins.
These are two school FB pages created by students. Each page has announcements about coming events. They told me they had plans for more functions including private FB groups once their school year or semester got underway. One of these is a page for a college, another is for a middle school.