Mark Feltham (LJMU) - Facebook thunderstorm, MELSIG 14 April 2014
1. A fly on the Facebook Wall
teaching using social media
2. The challenge...
• Fundamentals of Science (Year long)
• Statistics (traditionally ‘dry’ subject)
• Core Module (350 students)
• 9 o’clock Monday morning
• Didn’t know each other
• Catering for different learning styles
• ANSWER: Facebook
3. How it worked – Part 1
• Avoiding the ‘Creepy Tree-house Effect’
• Closed Groups
• Semester 1 (ALL – alternate SM and
traditional)
• Set Tasks (TASKPRODS)
• Students posted work
• Feedback