blurring the lines blending the learning
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The use of Social Media to enhance Student Experience on a BA Hons Teaching Degree Course, given at Edge Hill University, June 2014 as part of the Researching Education: Theory, Method and Practice conferenceTRANSCRIPT
BLURRING THE LINES, BLENDING THE LEARNING.
Paul Smalley SOLSTICE Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Religious Education
Using Social Media to Enhance the Student Experience
BLURRING THE LINES, BLENDING THE LEARNING.
RE BlogTwitterLearning EdgeDeliciousWhatsappStudent BlogsYoutubePreziFlickrFacebook
DELICIOUS
Social bookmarking
STUDENT BLOGGING
Linked to RE blogUsed as part of assessment
FLICKR
Social photo storage
Cross-platform social text/mediaGroups
Organisational SocialSharing Knowledge/Advice/HelpFeedback‘Quick Wins’
PLACEMENTS
Organising – contact with MentorsStaying Connected
POST- GRADUATION
NQT SupportJob offers
PEDAGOGICALLY…
Lines of communication
PEDAGOGICALLY…
Constructivism Face to Face
PEDAGOGICALLY…
Connectivism (Siemens)Virtually stretching the classroom
Clearswift (2011) “Work life blur”
If I’m writing an essay might go on Twitter a few times as a break.
Times of Whatsapp messages
BLURRING THE LINES
CONTACT
Paul SmalleySOLSTICE Fellow & Senior Lecturer in Religious Education
Twitter: @PabloPedantic | Facebook: /PabloPedantic blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/re | Email:
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