This document discusses the role of social media in learning and employability. It addresses how social media is changing the relationship between teachers and learners by creating a more dialogical and collaborative learning culture. Examples are provided of how to analyze social media posts and online identities. The document also suggests that embracing and leveraging social media can help users become better social professionals and highlights the need to thoughtfully create guidelines for social media use as these platforms continue to rapidly change.
4. What was the last thing you posted online?
Where did you post it?
Why did you post it?
Who was it for?
How did you post it?
Or…
Digital lives
Flickr: Sean MacEntee
7. Groupwork:
What would you do?
I want to change classes…
I can’t stand [insert your name here]
#fml
you get the picture
Lee Lee
@leelee123
Lee Lee
@leelee123
8. Groupwork:
What identity work is going
on here?
I want to change classes…
I can’t stand [insert your name here]
#fml
Smiley from Flickr: you get the picture
Lee Lee
@leelee123
Lee Lee
@leelee123
9. Discursive analysis of
‘live’ examples
What is the tweet doing?
Positions taken up?
Real and imagined audiences?
Reflecting the wider social & cultural context?