Social media & learning: everyone is a teacher - everyone is a student

Clo Willaerts (@bnox)7 June 2011, Laken

Walden zone vs public screens

http://www.demorgen.be/dm/nl/2461/De-Gedachte/article/detail/1266502/2011/05/19/Hoe-we-onze-internetjeugd-opnieuw-bij-de-les-krijgen.dhtml

Walden zone

Private screens

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. ~John Cotton Dana

Twitter Adoption Matrix

Based on work by Rick Reo as revised by Mark Sample in August 2009

Monologic vs Dialogic

Passive vs Active

CreatorsConversationalists

CriticsCollectors

JoinersSpectatorsInactives

A1D1 Institutional communication

Uses: community outreach, alerts, announcements

A2D1 Instructor Communication

Uses: announcements, syllabus changes, reminders

A3D1 Pedagogical Communication

Uses: sharing timely links and resources

A1D2 Tracking Activities

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Uses: find and follow instructor, experts in the field, or key topics

Benefits: exposure to the larger cultural conversation about the class material

A2D2 Lightly Structured Activities

Uses: solicit course feedback, offer ambient office hours, poll class, language or writing practice

Benefits: flexibility, availability, scalability

A3D2 Metacognitive/Reflective Activities

Uses: students report on self learning, articulate their difficulties, recap the most valuable lesson of the day

Benefits: fosters critical thinking

Uses: ad hoc class discussions, real-time commenting, recording divergent viewpoints

Benefits: engages less vocal students, archives otherwise ephemeral comments

A1D3 In-class Back Channel

A2D3 Outside of Class Discussions

Uses: extend class discussions, exchange comments about readings or questions about assignments

Benefits: community building, continuity between class sessions

A3D3 In-class Directed Discussion

Uses: Open or guided questions with student responses collected for later analysis

Benefits: engages all students in discussions in large lecture classes

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Conclusion?

Questions?

Clo.willaerts@sanomamedia.be

Social media for business?

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