9. Tips for completing your bio
• Upload a picture of yourself, true
representation
• Follow the social media culture
• Focus on potential common interests
• Identify your educational institution
• Be professional, yet personal
12. Tweeting: Introduce yourself
I’m Tanya Joosten from University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, teach
communication, help other faculty use technology #WLI12
16. Others ways to network
• Conference hashtags (#eli13, #edu12)
• Join live sessions (#edchat, #sachat)
• Review campus twitter accounts and hasthags
(@uwm, #iamuwm)
17. Tips to developing a network
• Update social media profiles to include an
image and a bio appropriate for the social
media.
• Connect with colleagues through conference
or professional group hashtags.
• Identify useful or influential colleagues and
review to who they are connected.
• Participate in your educational institution’s
social media accounts.
20. • According to a survey by Joosten (2009), students
reported that they need good (67%) and
frequent communication (90%) with
their instructor and good communication
with their classmates (75%). They also reported
that they need to feel connected to
learn (80%) (http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz).
22. • According to PEW Internet study, “Teens who
participated in focus groups for this study said that
they view emailas something you use
to talk to ‘old people,’ institutions, or to
send complex instructions to large groups “
(http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/Teens-
and-Technology.aspx?r=1).
24. • According to Bulik (July 8th, 2009) “…They go
to
social networking sites 5 days per
week and check in 4 times a day for
a total of an hour per day” (para 7).
• According to PEW Internet study, “…Nearly
three-quarters (72%) of online 18-29
year olds use these sites–similar to the
rate among teens–with 45% doing so on a typical
day” (http://tinyurl.com/33hynyx).
26. • According to Joosten (2009), 71%
of
students want to receive text
messages about their class
(http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz).
• According to PEW Interent, “the typical
American teen sends
and receives 50
or more messages per day, or
1,500 per month.”
42. Benefits
• Increases interactions between instructors and students
• Enhances communication
• Builds feelings of connectedness
• Overcomes the challenges of students at a distance or in remote locations
• Facilitates providing timely student feedback
• Helps students stay organized
• Increases student performance
• Provides a medium for instructors enhance their identity and encourage
students
• Results in high levels of satisfaction of instructors and students
48. YouTube alternatives
Content & Publication Educational Content
• SchoolTube • MIT World
• TeacherTube • PBS.org
• Vimeo • TED
• YouTube.EDU
And many more!
49. Benefits
• Improving student learning
• Helps instructors manage their workload
• Enhances 21st century literacy skills for
instructors and students
• Facilitates the use of rich and current content
• Enhances student engagement
51. 5 questions to consider
• What is the pedagogical need?
• How will the selected social media help meet that need?
• What aspects of the learning process should be
improved?
• What learning outcomes can be better achieved through
the use of the selected social media over other
technologies?
• What is the expected behavior of students within the
selected social media?
52. What is your pedagogical need?
• Increase communication and encourage
contact
• Engage students through rich, current media
• Gather and provide feedback in the classroom
• Create a cooperative and collaborative
learning opportunities
Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube are popular social media tools being used in the classroom to build connections, create presence, and increase student learning. But how can you use social media for specific pedagogy goals and not just checking on your friends’ status updates? This workshop will highlight how social media can be used both as a professional development tool and to better meet the needs of students by enhancing student interactivity and providing engaging learning opportunities. The workshop will showcase examples used by instructors in real classes, with real pedagogy needs and assessment requirements.At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:Increase communication and feedback in the classroom using Facebook and TwitterEngage students with rich content on various social media like YouTubeCreate a strong pedagogically sound sense of presence in your classroomDevelop strategies for managing your social media and building your professional network
Can use browser or mobile appWhat is a hashtagWhy use hashtags
ONLINE COUORSES: POOR COMMUNICATIONAs Metts (2003) reported that “Over half (52%) said the worst part of the online experience was poor communication. And half of those (26% of the total) said the problem was communicating with their instructors” (para 16). STUDENTS NEED GOOD COMMUNICATION According to a survey by Joosten (2009), students reported that they need good (67%) and frequent communication (90%) with their instructor and good communication with their classmates (75%). They also reported that they need to feel connected to learn (80%) (see http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz). Connecting with students and building connections amongst students allows us to create learning communities. Community and peer networks increases students motivation to perform and provides them with resources to help do better in class.
D2L only pushes down e-mail, no discussion notifications for posts, no mobile notifications, etc.STUDENTS DON’T CHECK EMAILcPEW Study – don’t check email??As Shannon from Seton Hall Law School stated in ELI Mobile session the first week in March, they view e-mail as old technology or for old people.
STUDENTS USE SOCIAL MEDIA OFTENAccording to Bulik (July 8th, 2009) “Out of the 110 million Americans (or 60% of the online population) who use social networks, the average social networking user logs on to these sites quite a bit. They go to social networking sites 5 days per week and check in 4 times a day for a total of an hour per day. Nine percent of that group stay logged in all day long and are ‘constantly checking what's new’” (para 7).
In 2004 a study at UW system reported that the majority of students do not want their personal media convoluted with course-related media5 years later in 2009, that has changedSTUDENTS WANT SOCIAL MEDIAPreliminary research conducted (see http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz) indicates to us that the majority of students would like to receive communication about their course via text messaging and that the majority of students are on Facebook where they communicate most often.