Embedding social media to effectively support OU learnersWill Woods

Aims for today

1. A better understanding of policy/strategy within the OU learning context.

2. A plan for how we improve our practice around use of social media

3. Definition around the benefits and constraints of social media within OU context. i.e. How we manage the risks.

4. A roadmap to achieving improvement.

2

Aims of this session

I want to use this session with Eric Stoller to explore how much we can take from existing sources of knowledge across the OU and beyond to influence our use of social media within the curriculum and to answer questions such as…

3

Four Provocations

Do we need a social media strategy for learning?

Provocation 1

4

Four Provocations

How and when do we embed social media practice within our modules and across the curriculum?

Provocation 2

5

Four Provocations

What can we learn from others?

Provocation 3

6

Four Provocations

How can we use social media to bridge the informal/formal divide?

Provocation 4

7

Over to Eric…

8