Some thoughts to consider if you're wanting to embed social media into postgraduate midwifery education - presentation given in Denmark, September 2012

1. Social
media &
post-
graduate
midwifery
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42834622@N00/4333362932 Sarah Stewart 2012
Australian College of Midwives
sarah.stewart@midwives.org.au
Creative Commons Attribution BY

2. What is social media?
“web-based and mobile technologies that turn
communication into interactive dialogue”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73532212@N00/2945559128

3. Why is social media
relevant to us as learners,
teachers & researchers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

4. Sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74373690@N00/3480271732

5. Collaboration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42769910@N00/145149313

6. Support & mentoring
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22033167@N00/4605935860

7. Sharing advice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/67953162@N00/3943777830

8. Organize, advertise and take part
in real time events/conferences
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59089413@N00/123386545

9. Mobile options
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34024493@N00/3183824689

10. Following international events, issues
and discussions, in real-time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10717364@N06/3792337931

11. Taking class discussion to a wider
audience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44921934@N00/302001867

12. Aid ongoing teacher and
peer feedback
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20260568@N07/2072717826

13. Enhancing face-to-face relationships

14. Connecting students at a distance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmstewart/3716387424/

15. Grow online
communities/networks
of learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503019876@N01/1804295568

16. Quick & easy access to
latest research
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37977505@N00/2421129047

17. Develop writing skills
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23688516@N00/307250887

18. Feedback on research
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39303693@N00/3483842841

19. Instant access
to
international
researchers
& scholars
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40143737@N02/6154960282

20. Join online research communities
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2364696515/in/set-72157603545124242/

21. Recruiting
research
participants
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26475170@N02/5971090873

22. Dissemination of
research results
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46425925@N00/335754959

23. Develop e-portfolio
http://www.flickr.com/photos/98624608@N00/51240974

24. Develop digital literacy skills
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21560098@N06/3796822070

25. Issues to think about
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83476873@N00/110993877

26. Chicken or egg?
What comes first
– pedagogy or
technology?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8082038@N06/2114990334

27. What is it you actually want to
achieve?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50715604@N07/4881844153

28. Facebook won't stop you being a
rubbish teacher!?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/72527902@N00/990858552

29. What support do you need?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35342879@N00/127809435

30. What support do
your students
need?

31. How open do
you want to be?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124425616@N01/609777936

32. What are the issues of privacy,
security and professional online
behavior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46485933@N00/294020907

33. My 10 top tools

34. Twitter: #phdchat
http://phdchat.pbworks.com/w/page/33280234/PhD%20Chat

35. Blog:
http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

36. How to write a paper for
publication in 6 weeks:
http://writingapaperin6weeks.wikispaces.com

37. Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Thesis-Whisperer/136762006343946

38. Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs

39. Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmstewart

40. YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahmstewart

41. Google Docs
http://www.jordemoderforeningen.dk/fileadmin/Tidsskrift_for_
Jordemoedre/2012/09_2012/Will_you_be_my_friend.pdf

42. Delicious:
http://delicious.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10049583@N08/1492560707

43. “Focus on how to be social, not on
how to do social.”
- Jay Baer, Convince & Convert

44. Resources
*http://mashable.com
*http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book
*http://www.slideshare.net/terrya/three-
generations-of-distance-education-pedagogy-
challenges-and-opportunities
*http://sarah-
stewart.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Social
%20Media

45. Contact
Email: Sarah.stewart@midwives.org.au
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/sarahmstewart
Twitter: SarahStewart
Blog: http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com
Skype: sarah.m.stewart