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Social Media as a Professional Medium An equilibrium of enthusiasm and protection for student teachers Lee Dunn School of Education College of Social Sciences The University of Glasgow [email protected] Twitter @leeandrewdunn www.leedunn.co.uk
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Social Media as a Professional
MediumAn equilibrium of
enthusiasm and protection for student teachers
Lee Dunn
School of EducationCollege of Social SciencesThe University of Glasgow
[email protected] @leeandrewdunn
www.leedunn.co.uk
Rationaleand background
When I was a student
source: John Atkinson, Wrong Hands
My students teachers
Having everyone onboard
• The use of social media is a personal disposition e.g. to use it or not to use it and the types of social media (Dunn, 2013)• What will it be used for? Personal vs Professional• The line between the two can often be blurred
Allow students to use social media for learning,support and discussion.
Allow students to learn how to develop and use social media.
Allow them to work professionally.source: John Atkinson, Wrong Hands
Paper Abstract
The paper considers the professional use of online social contexts to support teaching and to encourage discussion between learners.
It will illustrate some factors intended to protect their digital identities, confidence and online well-being.
Pilot Course
Learning
DiscussionAssessment
Background Information
• Based on a wider project report Analysis of Digital Media to Support University Online Learning (Dunn et al, 2015)
• Student activity can be seen on Twitter using #MEduc14 and #MEduc15
• Draws on data/information from:
• External Examiner• Staff involved in developing / maintaining the course• Students participating on the course
School of Education
Teacher Training
• Diverse Initial Teacher Education programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate.
• Developing a range of new online programmes and courses.
• Seeking to nurture digital culture, capability and resilience within all our students as an extension to the graduate attributes framework.
• Focus on social media, digital content and knowledge transfer as a result of internal drivers (Teaching Scotland’s Future), external influences (Scottish Government Consultation on the National Digital Learning and Teaching Strategy) and evidence informed pedagogy.
About the Pilot Course
The Course
• 20 credit course
• 11 week duration
• 70 students
• 1 induction lecture
• 2 peer group seminars
• 8 online units
Course Content
Content is structured and covers a range of media types that student teachers need to be able to replicate for their own teaching purposes e.g. streaming media, narrated presentations, animations etc.
#MEduc14 #MEduc15
Course Assessment
• Individual Assignment (1000 word essay) assessed at 60% of overall grade.
• Group Assignment (technological artefact) assessed at 40% of overall grade.
• Students MUST demonstrate that they have collaborated with their group and that they have used online methods of communicating e.g. Twitter or alternative.
Assessment Examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVr6h3TUVuE&feature=youtu.behttps://prezi.com/qcxrcrgw__qt/technology-in-education/
Social Mediaas a ProfessionalMedium
Social Media for Teachers
Protecting Identities
All student teachers within the School of Education are required to read this document and sign a Fitness to Practice statement
Those (70) students sitting the pilot course will explore the design, use and professional contexts of online social interaction
The guidance is provided by The General Teaching Council Scotland
References & Sources
GTCS Professional Guidelines on the Use of Electronic Communication and Social Media (last accessed 14.12.2015) http://www.gtcs.org.uk/web/FILES/teacher-regulation/professional-guidance-ecomms-social-media.pdf
Teaching Scotland’s Future (last accessed 14.12.2015)http://www.gov.scot/resource/doc/337626/0110852.pdf
Scottish Government Consultation on a National Strategy for Digital Learning and Teaching (last accessed 14.12.2015)http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0048/00485856.pdf
Dunn, L. (2013) Using social media to enhance learning and teaching. In: Social Media 2013: 18th International Conference on Education and Technology, Hong Kong, China, 1-3 Aug 2013.
Dunn, L., Dickson, B., Trinder, J., Kerr, J., and Andrews, M. (2015) Analysis of Digital Media: Supporting University-Wide Online Learning via Moodle. Project Report. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.
Lee Dunn
Co-Director for MSc Online Learning Programme Leader for Technologies
School Lead for Digital Learning & Teaching
[email protected] @leeandrewdunn
www.leedunn.co.uk
