Elearning

Using Social Media to develop Digital Literacy skills

Richard Berry@TRBerry

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Summary

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Peer-based learning

• Friendship-driven and interest-driven behaviours

• Hanging out• Messing around• Geeking-out

• Network diffusion and network complexity (Twitter)

• Social distance (Linkedin)

Peer-based learning

• Affiliations• Expressions• Circulations• Appropriation• Collective intelligence

ReferencesDavidson, C. and Goldberg, D. (2012) The Future of Learning: Institutions in a Digital Age. Macarthur Foundation Report.Ito, M. et al (2012) Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project. Macarthur Foundation Report.Jenkins, H. (2012) Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century. Macarthur Foundation Occasional Paper. Sacks, M. and Graves, N. (2012) How Many “Friends” Do You Need? Teaching Students How to Network Using Social Media. Business Communication Quarterly 75(1) pp.80–88