Teaching and Training with Social Media and Technology
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The document discusses the role of social media in teaching and training, emphasizing its potential to enhance engagement and facilitate peer learning in educational settings. It highlights various social media platforms suitable for different teaching goals, alongside statistics on faculty usage by discipline and age. Key barriers to social media adoption include institutional support, integration challenges, and privacy concerns.
Teaching and Training with Social Media and Technology
- 1. & TRAINING & TECHNOLOGY w/ SOCIAL MEDIA @paulgordonbrown TEACHING
- 2. SITES AND TOOLS FOR TEACHING AND TRAINING SESSION OUTCOMES SHAREBEST PRACTICES & PEER LEARNING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM
- 3. First, a few premises… @paulgordonbrown
- 4. Social Media is an ENGAGEMENT! PLATFORM @paulgordonbrown
- 5. TEACHING & TRAINING ARE RELATED BUT DIFFERENT @paulgordonbrown
- 6. Teaching v. Training broad based knowledge specific technical knowledge or skill @paulgordonbrown
- 7. Teaching v. Training often for longer periods typically short term @paulgordonbrown
- 9. SOCIAL JUSTICE & SOCIAL MEDIA @paulgordonbrown
- 12. So why use social media? @paulgordonbrown
- 13. ENTER INTO LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS* *Marcia Baxter Magolda
- 14. SUPPORT CHALLENGE respect learners thoughts & feelings situate in learners’ experience mutual learning & problem solving complex work & life challenges develop personal authority share authority; interdependence
- 15. META OUTCOMES OF TEACHING HOW TO ENGAGE ONLINE @paulgordonbrown
- 18. 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
- 19. 70 70 70 27% 36% 39% 37% HumanitiesandArts 70 24% Professionsand AppliedSciences SocialSciences Mathematicsand ComputerScience Natural Sciences Faculty social media use by discipline
- 20. 70 70 70 30% 35% 41% 55+ 45-54 35-44 Faculty social media use by age 70 38% Under 35
- 21. 34%Use 66%Do NOT Use Faculty social media use in the classroom @paulgordonbrown
- 22. Blogs and Wikis Podcasts Facebook LinkedIn Twitter 3% 4% 8% 14% 22% Faculty social media use in teaching by site
- 23. 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%
- 25. Blogging More suited for:! • Teaching! ! Common platforms:! • Wordpress! • Blogger! @paulgordonbrown
- 26. 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
- 27. Social Networking More suited for:! • Teaching! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • Facebook! • LinkedIn! ! ! @paulgordonbrown
- 28. 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
- 29. Twitter More suited for:! • Teaching! • Training! ! Research (particularly by Junco)! has shown positive academic outcomes! including engagement and grades.! ! @paulgordonbrown
- 30. 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
- 31. Photosharing More suited for:! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • Instagram! • Flickr! ! @paulgordonbrown
- 32. Photosharing @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable to the platform:! • Share experiences! • Build community! • Create contest-like opportunities! • Crowdsource
- 33. Polling More suited for:! • Teaching! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • PollEverywhere! • Proprietary Clickers! @paulgordonbrown
- 34. Polling @paulgordonbrown Outcomes suitable to the platform:! • Immediate feedback! • Check for understanding! • Engagement! • Peer learning
- 35. Content Curation More suited for:! • Teaching! ! Common platforms:! • Delicious! • ScoopIt! • Pintrest! @paulgordonbrown
- 36. 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
- 37. Presentations More suited for:! • Teaching! • Training! ! Common platforms:! • Prezi! • Slideshare! @paulgordonbrown
- 38. 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
- 39. @paulgordonbrown