Creating and Managing the Global Social Media Project
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The syllabus for Dr. David McCoy's second-year course at Ashland University focuses on the global impact of social media through group and individual research projects. Students will explore various cultural, economic, and political aspects of social media, culminating in the creation of a multimedia site to present their findings. The course emphasizes global awareness, discovery learning, and collaboration, with future projects including e-journals and multimedia content.
Creating and Managing the Global Social Media Project
- 1. Dr. David McCoy Ashland University
- 2. The Global Impact of Social Media 2nd year course Syllabus University Core Group and Individual Research projects Global focus Readings Social Media focus Investigation of cultural, economic, political, educational, technological and historical aspects
- 3. Social Media Global Research Sites Research components Discovery elements Writing experience Multi-media mastery Accessibility to information Thailand
- 4. Group Research Project Small groups (3-4 people) Create a social media site with the intent to study and to communicate on a global level. Blog/Web site guidelines Use text, images, video, links, Skype, interviews Describe your research findings in the narrative. Build this site around a general topic (Blogging and the Fifth Estate/Twitter and Europe/Web 2.0 and China/International Interactive Videogaming) Presentations on Tuesday February 28
- 5. Group Research Project Site=Ease of access Topic=General view/Global region or country Research Depth=Varied sources (6 to 10) Narrative=Descriptive aspects/textual content Narrative Structure=Can be designed as a series of posts (hopefully, comments will occur!) Links=Relational to subject (3+) Images/Video=Enhancement of subject (5+) Presentation=In-class/Full Group/20-25 minutes Paper= 6 to 8 pages with citations (collaborative) Evaluation Rubric
- 7. France Italy Germany site
- 9. Individual Research Project Single Topic One Country Social Media Use
- 10. Single Subject Research Individual project Single topic
- 12. Summary Global awareness is critical to 21st century learning. Social media provide discovery learning and informed research opportunities. Social media project sites enhance the use of multi-media as explanatory forms. Social media project sites are excellent venues for open participation and collaborative projects. Future Directions---Final Project Single Site/Group effort/eJournal approach (involve outside faculty) Future Directions---Twitter/Storify use/create relational and original video interviews and/or documentary pieces.