Social Media and Learning in an Era of Digital Natives
1. SOCIAL MEDIA AND
LEARNING IN AN ERA OF
DIGITAL NATIVESB Y
E R R O L A . A D A M S , J . D . , M . L . S .
E L I S A B E T H H A U B S C H O O L
O F L A W , P A C E U N I V E R S I T Y
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2. ABOUT ME!
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3. ROAD MAP
INTRODUCTION
FACEBOOK GROUP
SOCIAL MEDIA IN CLASSROOMS
SOCIAL MEDIA IN LAW SCHOOL CLASSROOMS
SOCIAL MEDIA APPROPRIATE LAW SCHOOL CLASSES
SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR CLASSROOMS
SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
CONCLUSION
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4. INTRODUCTION
• Definition & Terminology
• Law School’s Social Media Policy
• Law School Education
• The Future of the Practice of Law?
• Learning/ Attention & Multitasking
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5. FACE BOOK GROUP
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6. SOCIAL MEDIA IN CLASSROOMS
“Legal educators should employ technology in a pedagogical appropriate manner
that is consistent with learning theory” Samantha A. Moppett, Control-alt-
incomplete: Using Technology To Assess Digital Natives , 12 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop.
77, 130 (2013)
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Selcan Kilis et al., Exploration of Teaching Preferences of Instructors' use
of Social Media, .19 EUR. J. OF OPEN, DISTANCE & E-LEARNING (2016).
7. SOCIAL MEDIA IN CLASSROOMS CONT’D
Selcan Kilis et al., Exploration of Teaching Preferences of Instructors' Use of
Social Media, .19 EUR. J. of Open, Distance & E-learning (2016).
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8. SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE LAW SCHOOL
CLASSROOM
INTERACTIVE TEACHING PLATFORMS
i. Caveats
ii. Videos/Photos
iii. Documents
iv. Legal Research
PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS
i. Ethics – Confidentiality etc.
ii. Bar Admission
iii. Employment
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9. SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING FOR
CLASSROOMS
PRACTICAL/HANDS-ON
• Associations’ Annual Conferences
– Annual Teaching Professor Conference,
June 3-5, 2016
– The Society of American Law Teachers
(SALT) Annual Conference Sept. 29-oct.
30, 2016
• Public Libraries
THEORETICAL
• Internet
– Celebrate Languages
– Tech & Tools,
– YouTube
– CALI
• Literature
– Books & Articles
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10. SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS
• Facebook Group
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• Instagram
• YouTube
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12. QUESTIONS, CONTACT & RESOURCES
?
Errol A. Adams, J.D. , M.L.S.
Tel: (914) 422-4414
Twitter: @erroladamsjdmls
Thank you!
Resources
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Notes de l'éditeur
I am currently an Electronic Services/Reference Librarian at Elizabeth Haub School of Law, in White Plaines, NY. I recently returned from Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas where I managed the Law Library at The College of The Bahamas. I have an avid interest in Social Media both personally and professionally and its interaction with libraries and teaching. At Pace Law Library I am tasked with managing social media for the library. While at the College of The Bahamas I established and maintained their social media pages relative to the law library.
Introduction:
Definition & Terminology
Law School’s Social Media Policy
Law School Education – No Training
The Future of the Practice of Law
Learning/ Attention & Multitasking – Visualization Aids Memory
B. Facebook Group
How to create a FB Group Page
The session’s FB Group
Utility (Flipping)
C. Classrooms:
Compulsory Education
Higher Education
D. Law School (Not much literature on this subject)relative to Law School):
Barriers -Attention
Opportunities – Collaboration/Visualization/Teaching
E. Law School Classes (Somewhat Innovative):
First year
Legal Research & Writing
Torts
Contracts
Second Year
Accounting for Lawyers
Interviewing, Counseling & Negotiation
Children and the Law
Mental Disability Law
Elder Law
Trial Advocacy
Sexuality, Gender and the Law
Third Year
Clinics/Externships
Electives
Social Media & the Law
F. Training:
Practical
Associations
Public Libraries
Private Tutoring
Theoretical
Books, Articles, Blogs etc
Use the #hashtags on Social Media. #SocialMedia #Classrooms
Definition
What is Social Media?
Who Are Digital Natives?
Millennial generation – Most Law Students (Feel Special & Entitled and they are experts at multitasking)
Terminology:
SNS – Social Networking Sites
ICTS – Information and Communications Technology
LMS (Moodle, Blackboard, TWEN etc)
ABA Competency Requirement - Benefits and Risks Associated with Technology
Law School Education
Socratic (Langdell)
Blooms Taxonomy on Learning (Revised)
The Future
Artificial Intelligence
Virtual Law Practice
“Create a classroom group page.
Make sure the settings are on “private” and use this page for class prompts, reminders, and discussions.
Encourage students to respond to each other and collaborate on ideas for classwork.
If you want help moderating the page, assign one or two students as administrators.
Develop fictitious Facebook pages.
While Facebook discourages the creation of fictional pages, there is a tool called Fakebook that offers Facebook templates for educational purposes. Pick a person from history or a fake persona, and work as a class to create a Fakebook page for that person. What would he or she say, or post? This is a fun way to apply contemporary life to a person from the past or to come up with ways to think like another when it comes to social media sharing.
Make it a lesson.
Facebook is actually a great place to learn new things - from life hacks to insight into current news stories. Have students list a new thing each day that they learn from perusing Facebook and hand it in once a week.”
Creating Polls/Quizzes (Assessment)
Many teachers are yet to utilize social media for teaching…Issues with privacy & integrity
SoMe Kit (HE Research) – this kit can be utilized in assisting law faculty to determine the appropriateness of a social media tool in a class:
Instructional Methods is split into a Teacher Centered vs. Student Centered
Knowledge Levels – Bloom's taxonomy
Content Type
Evaluation
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning is a framework that divides learning into categories relative to cognition – Introducing Law Students to this may be helpful Law Students must aspire to the peak levels- Creating & Evaluating (This may help in improving attention/learning).
Remembering – YouTube, Google and Yahoo
Understanding – Ted, Skype & Twitter
Applying - Picasa, Pipes
Analyzing – Google Docs, Gppgle Analytics, Remiz
Evaluating – Polldaddy, Wikipedia and Goggle Alerts
Creating – Blogger, WordpressPrezi, Prezi & Wikkispaces
Which instructional methods can be implemented using which SoMe class, which content types can be used with each SoMe class , what kind of learning activities n be implemented according to knowledge levels and which assessment types can be implemented with each SoMe class
Use of Visual Aids Increases Learning! (Social Media)
Verbal – Learning Through Verbal Text
Visual – Learning Through Photos
Oral – Learning by talking out ideas
Aural – Listening to lectures, recordings or discussions
Tactile- touching & manipulating materials
Kinesthetic – moving and doing
Certain classes lend themselves readily to social media interactivity
Professional Responsibility
Trial Practice – YouTube
Contracts – Examples
Real Property – Describing the various Estate using Charts (Infographic)
International Law – Invite speakers from other countries using Social Media; Hague Trials
Clinics – Collaborate via Facebook/Blogs
Considerations:
ABA requirements – Actual In class Teaching Hours – Online Mode
School/Class Social Media Policy
Students & Social Media
Resistance (Privacy Concerns)