#manship4002 - social media for education - lecture 20
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Social Media for Education#MANSHIP4002
LECTURE 20
Social Media for Education
“What are the benefits of social media to students? There are
plenty: greater student engagement, greater student interest, students taking more
control of their education and more responsibility for their education.”
– Howard Rheingold
Why should you (the student) blog?
“They say that it’s one of the best things you can put on your resume, that you have a blog
that you update at least twice a week. It’s living, breathing proof that you know what
you’re talking about and that you have enough passion to write about it that you’ll do it for
free.”
– Jimmy Bean, Senior Communications Major, California State University-Fullerton
Social Media Tools for Education
Wikis
Blog posts (student blogs and class blogs)
Videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.)
Twitter chats, Google hangouts
SlideShare (for lecture ppts)
Storify (to collect class tweets in one place)
Podcasts
Video games! (minecraft, Second Life)
Faculty Awareness of Social Media
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Faculty Use of Social Media
“The evidence is also strong for the level of integration of social media into course assignments. Over 40% of faculty have assigned students to read or view social media as part of course assignments, and 20% have assigned students to comment on or post to social media sites.”
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Faculty use of social media
How else do you think faculty could use social media that would help you in your classes, help you learn?
Tweet suggestions using #Manship4002 / #TeachSocial
Barriers to the use of social media by Faculty
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Social Media in the Classroom
Only 41 percent of faculty use social media in the classroom, but this use continues to experience steady year-to-year growth
Faculty are sophisticated consumers of social media. They match different sites to their varying personal, professional, and teaching needs
Concerns remain about privacy, maintaining the class as a private space for free and open discussion, and the integrity of student submissions
Most faculty agree that “the interactive nature of online and mobile technologies create better learning environments” and that digital communication has increased communication with students
Faculty believe that online and mobile technologies can be distracting, and that they have resulted in longer working hours and more stress
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http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education/
How Students Use Social Media
1. How do our students currently use social media? 2. Do they want to use social media to support learning? 3. Do they believe that social media can enhance their learning experience?
http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/78491/1/78491.pdf
Teaching in Higher Ed: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/78491/1/78491.pdf
“The time is ripe to take managed risk and explore creative methods of learning and teaching. […]
The benefits highlighted within the study can be explained as: • Increasing student motivation and engagement with course
material• Increasing student-to-student collaboration• Enhanced interaction between the student and the
lecturer/teacher • Accelerated data and information sharing• Removes barriers to self-expression and contribution• Provides students with 21st Century skills which could aide
their employability and increase levels of satisfaction.”
Who is using social media, and how are they using it?
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED525056.pdf
Who is using social media, and how are they using it?
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED525056.pdf
Who is using social media, and how are they using it?
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED525056.pdf
Who is using social media, and how are they using it?
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED525056.pdf
Who is using social media, and how are they using it?
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Who is using social media, and how are they using it?
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So?
Young adults and teens are online (many via mobile devices); they share content online, search for information online (ex. Health information), get their news online, and use social networking sites like Twitter.
SO shouldn’t faculty and other educators make efforts to engage students online?
Social Media for Education
Tweeting
#SciStuChat
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Social Media for Education
How could we translate the use of social media for education into educational PR initiatives?
Blog Round-ups
Health Education
“Evidence about social media’s impact on health knowledge, behavior, and outcomes shows these tools can be effective in meeting individual and population health needs.”
Interactive health communication applications have been shown to improve users’ knowledge, social supports, health behaviors and clinical outcomes. Feeling empowered in decision making about one’s health
We can tailor the message to the audience via social media
Health promotion messages through social networks may be more effective than those delivered via mass communication
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Games – very interactive
Community Support
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Video
https://storify.com/fromthelabbench/research-communications-campaigns-and-social-media
Search for Tweets by user, hashtag, etc. – drag and drop into story.
Insert URL’s for websites, blogs, images, etc.