Engaging the learner with social networking tools
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The document discusses various social networking tools and Web 2.0 technologies that can enhance online learning and engagement in the classroom. It highlights resources like Twitter, Facebook, wikis, and video-sharing platforms for collaborative education. Additionally, it provides links to professional organizations and communities that support online education integration and improve student experiences.
Engaging the learner with social networking tools
- 1. Engaging the Learner with Social Networking Tools: Techniques for the Online ClassroomHagerstown Community CollegeJennifer B. StaleyAmerican Public University System August 26, 2010
- 4. “Interesting Ways to use Twitter in the Classroom” - http://bit.ly/9akyWb“50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education” - http://bit.ly/cAcBql
- 7. Engage students on any subject while using a medium familiar to studentsInformation presented using multiple voice, perspectives & formatsCentralized or Decentralized Role Playhttp://multimedialearning.com/abraham-lincoln-and-facebook-for-learning/
- 8. Facebook for Learning ResourcesEducause:http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7025.pdf
- 10. Facebook as a Learning Platform: http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2007/10/facebook-as-learning-platform.html
- 11. 25 Facebook Apps that are Perfect for Online Education:http://www.collegedegree.com/library/college-life/15-facebook-apps-perfect-for-online-education
- 13. I’m majoring in Facebook, how about you: http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/08/magazines/fortune/blakely_facebook.fortune/index.htmRead Only, Viewing, Flat,Editor, Personal Website, CentralizedUser Generated, Hands On, Dynamic, Buzz, Blog, Crowdsourcing, Social Networking
- 14. Web 2.0: TechnologiesWiki: Web page that can be viewed & modified by anybody with a Web browser & access to the Internet. Enables collaboration. If any part of your class involves collaboration or a collaborative project, a wiki can be a valuable tool. Diigo | www.diigo.com | Diigo's features allow you to highlight critical features within text & images, write comments directly on the web pages, collect & organize series of web pages into coherent & thematic sets, and facilitate online conversations within the context of the materials themselves. Delicious | www.delicious.com | Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet. iTunesU | www.apple.com/education/itunes-u | A distribution system for lectures to language lessons, films to labs, audiobooks to tours. An innovative way to get educational content into the hands of students.
- 15. Web 2.0 TechnologiesYouTube | www.youtube.com | Video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos.TeacherTube | www.teachertube.com | Video sharing website similar to, and based on, YouTube. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to aid teacher training.LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com | Connect with classmates, faculty and family professionally.Google Groups | www.google.com | Form an online community, communicate with students, homework, integration with other online resources, online discussion, co-curricular groups, teacher to teacher groups.
- 16. ResourcesSloan Consortium (Sloan-C) | http://sloanconsortium.org | Institutional and professional leadership organization dedicated to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education, helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of education.
- 17. Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) | http://www.ccsse.org | The report offers data about the quality of community college students’ educational experiences & describes how colleges across the country are intentionally making connections with students online, in the classroom, & on campus.
- 18. eLearning Guild | http://www.elearningguild.com | Community & Resources for e-Learning Professionals
- 19. United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) | http://www.usdla.org | Advocacy, information networking & opportunities for the distance learning communityResources, cont.Edutopia (George Lucas Educational Foundation) | www.edutopia.org | Empowering & connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovate solutions & resources to better education
- 20. Educause | www.educause.edu | Advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology
- 21. Blackboard Community | http://www.blackboard.com
- 22. LinkedIn Groups | www.linkedin.com
- 23. The Chronicle of Higher Education | chronicle.comhttp://card.ly/jennystaley jstaley@apus.edu