& TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY w/
SOCIAL MEDIA @paulgordonbrown TEACHING

SITES AND TOOLS FOR TEACHING
AND TRAINING SESSION OUTCOMES SHAREBEST PRACTICES & PEER LEARNING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM

First, a few premises…
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Social Media is an ENGAGEMENT!
PLATFORM @paulgordonbrown

TEACHING & TRAINING ARE RELATED
BUT DIFFERENT @paulgordonbrown

Teaching v. Training broad based
knowledge specific technical knowledge or skill @paulgordonbrown

Teaching v. Training often for
longer periods typically short term @paulgordonbrown

BLENDED
TECHNIQUES
WORK BEST
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SOCIAL JUSTICE & SOCIAL MEDIA
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So why use social media?
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ENTER INTO LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS* *Marcia
Baxter Magolda

SUPPORT CHALLENGE respect learners thoughts
& feelings situate in learners’ experience mutual learning & problem solving complex work & life challenges develop personal authority share authority; interdependence

META OUTCOMES OF TEACHING HOW
TO ENGAGE ONLINE @paulgordonbrown

CHALLENGE YOURSELF AND YOUR TEACHING
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Some statistics…
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Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Facebook:
How Today’s Higher Education Faculty Use Social Media 1 BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCASTS AND FACEBOOK Mike Moran Pearson Author and Chief Strategist Converseon Jeff Seaman, Ph.D. Co-Director, Babson Survey Research Group Babson College Hester Tinti-Kane Vice President of Marketing Pearson Learning Solutions A LWAY S L E A R N I N G how today’s higher education faculty use social media OCTOBER 2012

70 70 70 27% 36%
39% 37% HumanitiesandArts 70 24% Professionsand AppliedSciences SocialSciences Mathematicsand ComputerScience Natural Sciences Faculty social media use by discipline

70 70 70 30% 35%
41% 55+ 45-54 35-44 Faculty social media use by age 70 38% Under 35

34%Use 66%Do NOT Use Faculty
social media use in the classroom @paulgordonbrown

Blogs and Wikis Podcasts Facebook
LinkedIn Twitter 3% 4% 8% 14% 22% Faculty social media use in teaching by site

Institutional support Time (learning or
use) Lack of integration with LMS Inability to measure effectiveness Grading and assessment Separate course and personal accounts Concerns about privacy Integrity of student submissions Perceived barriers to social media use by faculty 70% 66% 63% 54% 48% 42% 37% 33%

TOOLS
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Blogging More suited for:! •
Teaching! ! Common platforms:! • Wordpress! • Blogger! @paulgordonbrown

Blogging Outcomes suitable to the
platform:! • Engage more deeply on subject matter! • Work on writing skills! • Ability to construct an argument ! • Integrate multimedia in construction! • Engage in discussion and dialogue through comments! • Establish an online thought presence! • Gateway towards publishing @paulgordonbrown

Social Networking More suited for:!
• Teaching! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • Facebook! • LinkedIn! ! ! @paulgordonbrown

Social Networking @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable
to the platform:! • Establish peer learning networks (PLE/PLN)! • Decenter the teaching/learning experience! • Enable ease of sharing! • Continue discussions outside of the classroom

Twitter More suited for:! •
Teaching! • Training! ! Research (particularly by Junco)! has shown positive academic outcomes! including engagement and grades.! ! @paulgordonbrown

Twitter @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable to
the platform:! • Establish peer learning networks (PLE/PLN)! • Decenter the teaching/learning experience! • Enable ease of sharing! • Continue discussions outside of the classroom! • Easier access to the instructor! • Participate in wider discussions (hashtags)! • Include “alumni” in the conversation

Photosharing More suited for:! •
Training! ! Common platforms:! • Instagram! • Flickr! ! @paulgordonbrown

Photosharing @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable to
the platform:! • Share experiences! • Build community! • Create contest-like opportunities! • Crowdsource

Polling More suited for:! •
Teaching! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • PollEverywhere! • Proprietary Clickers! @paulgordonbrown

Polling @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable to
the platform:! • Immediate feedback! • Check for understanding! • Engagement! • Peer learning

Content Curation More suited for:!
• Teaching! ! Common platforms:! • Delicious! • ScoopIt! • Pintrest! @paulgordonbrown

Content Curation @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable
to the platform:! • Create peer-curated resources! • Provide opportunities for deeper learning! • Aid in course/session improvement! • Peer engagement in co-construction! • Develop a PLN/PLE in the course

Presentations More suited for:! •
Teaching! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • Prezi! • Slideshare! @paulgordonbrown

Presentations @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable to
the platform:! • Student review of the material after-the-fact! • Better ways of representing concepts! • Incorporation of media! • Find similar presentation and ideas for content

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