Social media and higher education

• 1. Presentation for JCC Start-Up Week
  CarleenHuxley
  8.24.09
  Social Media and Higher Education
  

2. photo credit: dbarefoot
3. Social mediais media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media supports the human need for social interaction with technology, transforming broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.
~ Wikipedia
Define
4. Think
5. Blogging The Wisdom of Crowds
6. Blogging as an instructional tool
Why its used
University of Arizona

• Easy way to publish, share and discuss information on the web in an asynchronous form.

7. Beneficial as a distance learning tool. 8. Encouraging usual more passive participants to be more active in discussion.Freshman Comp Teacher
extends learning space beyond the rigidity of the physical classroom
fosters relationships among the students
vests students more in their own learning experience.
Blogs helped students find their voice.
Source: http://elearn.arizona.edu/blogs/bestpractices/index.html
9. Blogging and College Admissions
10. RSS Readers
Really Simple Syndication
http://crankyprofessor.com
11. Wikis
12. Wiki in the classroom
13. Social Bookmarking

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