Using Social Media for Professional Development

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Social media: Supporting staff developmentMartin Hawksey e-Learning Advisor (Higher Education)

http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/ RSCs – Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning

JISC

“Innovation in the use of ICT in education and research

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JISC Advance Services

JISC Digital Media

JISC infoNet JISC Legal JISCMail

JISC Netskills JISC Procureweb JISC RSC UK JISC TechDis

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RSC Scotland North & East

“ Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning

Fully supporting 23 FE colleges and 4 HEIs

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What is Social Media

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“Social Media Participation Chart” by Oversocialized

Social media in my CPD

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RSS

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Method for publishers to push content to subscribers

My Google Reader

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My Google Reader [Stats]

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Blogging

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Twitter

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Why social media

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Not just informal, not just personal

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Social media and self-directed learning

, Harold Jarche

IOL - Intra-Organisational Learning 

FSL - Formal Structured Learning

GDL - Group Directed Learning PDL - Personal Directed

Learning ASL - Accidental &

Serendipitous Learning

Social media and 5 types of learning, C4LPT, 2009

Social Media Examples - in the Workplace

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See Social Learning Examples - in the Workplace by C4LPT http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/corporate.html

Implementation Issues

Transparency from the bottom up!Staff guidance/policy Private/secure or public/openFunctionalityRegistration requirements/IntegrationCost

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Useful resources– JISC infoNet Social Software Infokit

http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/social-software/ – C4LTP Social Learning Academy

http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/handbook/index.html– Social Media Toolkit – Policies and Guidelines – http://socialmediatoolkit.wikispaces.com/Policies+and+

Guidelines

Images used– RSS Diagram - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrhode/375671790/– Why by bitzcelt http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzcelt/2561992266/

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