Social media and technology-enhanced learning

Sarah Stewart 2012Australian College of Midwives

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Thoughts for today

• What do you want to get out of today's session?

• Why do we need to consider social media as learners and teachers?

• My story• Issues to consider• Tips for getting started

What is social media?

“web-based and mobile technologies that turn communication into interactive dialogue”

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

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Why is social media relevant to us as learners and teachers?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

How to use social media for learning and teaching?

To deliver content and

manage courses

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Share resources

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Organize, advertise and take part in real time events

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Real time help

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Mobile options eg class announcements

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Use alternative media to process and present work

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Following international events, issues and discussions, in real-time

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Becoming part of national and international campaigns

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Connecting with “famous” people, people of influence, culture and power

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Enhancing face-to-face relationships

Connecting students at a distance

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Sharing advice

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Aid ongoing teacher and peer feedback

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Taking class discussion to a wider audience

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Grow online communities/networks of learning

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Facilitate collaboration

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Develop digital literacy skills

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Prepare students for life

outside university

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Some examples

“Facilitating Online”: http://wikieducator.org/Facilitating_Online

Virtual Birthing Unit: http://wikieducator.org/The_virtual_birthing_unit_project

Eportfolio: http://sarahstewart-eportfolio.wikispaces.com

Collaborative wiki for teachers to share resources:

http://mindthegap2011.wikispaces.com

How to write a paper for publication in 6 weeks:

http://writingapaperin6weeks.wikispaces.com

Reflective journal: http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

Twitter: #phdchat

Virtual International Day of the Midwife:

http://www.facebook.com/VirtualInternationalDayoftheMidwife

Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmstewart

YouTube/Blip.TV: http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahmstewart

Issues to think about

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Chicken or egg?What comes first

– pedagogy or technology?

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What is it you actually want to achieve?

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Facebook won't stop you being a rubbish teacher!?

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What support do you need?

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What support do your students

need?

How open do you want to be?

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What are the issues of privacy, security and professional online

behavior

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How will you develop your own online profile?

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10 top tips for using social media for personal learning and

networking

Read articles, blog posts and watch ‘how to’

videos on YouTube

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Connect with teachers who use social media, both F2F and online

Be prepared to give time

to networking and don't

expect things to happen over night

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Be consistent about how you 'brand' yourself

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Be open

Focus on what you can give as opposed to what you can receive

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Focus on quality, not quantity

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Be authentic

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Practice what you preach

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Always respond to people when they contact you

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“Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.”

- Jay Baer, Convince & Convert

ResourcesResources

* http://www.uwe.ac.uk/elearning/*http://mashable.com*http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book*http://www.slideshare.net/terrya/three-

generations-of-distance-education-pedagogy-challenges-and-opportunities

*http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Social%20Media

Contact

Email: Sarah.stewart@midwives.org.auFacebook:

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