Social media in HE: where and how does TLwT get involved

Social media in HE:Where and how does TLwT get involved

Marius Pienaar (Instructional Designer)

Articles

E-Learning Trends for Higher Ed - Bridget McCrea

Head in the Clouds? Ten Free Web 2.0 Tools to Support Faculty Research - G. Andrew Page

Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom - Karen Lederer

How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] - Matt Silverman

Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

Introduction


• Enriches the learning experience: students and lecturers connect and interact in new, exciting ways.

• Social media sites provide a platform to dialog, exchange ideas, and find

answers to questions.

• students arrive on campus, fluent in Web and social networking technologies. Educators can leverage this knowledge to enrich the learning experience.

• With social media, instructors can foster collaboration and discussion.

• Social media can increase student engagement and build better communication skills.

Advantages of Social Media in HE (in a nutshell)


• Social media sites can enhance communication among students and teachers:

• Educators can answer students’ questions via a Facebook page or Twitter feed

• Post homework assignments and lesson plans

• Send messages and updates

• Schedule or announce upcoming events

• Share interesting Web sites and multimedia content

• Students can use Twitter to get help from instructors or other students.

Advantages of Social Media in HE (in a nutshell)


Preparing Students for Successful Employment

•Students entering the workforce can use social networking sites to networknetwork and find employmentfind employment. With LinkedIn, students can establish a professional web professional web presencepresence, post a resume, research a target company or university, and connectconnect with other job seekers and employers.

•University career centres and alumni associations are using Twitter to broadcast broadcast job openings and internshipsjob openings and internships.

•Students should followfollow businesses or professional organisations on Facebook and Twitter to stay updated on new opportunities and important developments in their field.

Advantages of Social Media in HE


It facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

A central characteristic is the ability of the users to own and exercise control over the data on the web.

Web 2.0 tools are enabling people to effectively communicate and construct knowledge, troubleshoot common enigmas, and collaborate in ways that give their previously unheard voice more than a mere echo or some false illusion of truth on the horizon.

Web 2.0 / Cloud computing



Web 2.0 / Cloud computing

Example

The disadvantages are merely challenges to overcome, not roadblocks to usage.

Advantages of Social Media in HE


5 e-learning trends to watch

Digital texts will continue to gain ground

e-readers will make their debut in more classrooms



Distance learning programs will increase



The online learning environment will be more personalized



Faculty will use even more mobile technology and apps



IT tools and programs will become more tightly integrated


Becoming reliant on information and communication technologies to address systemic and

distinct educational problems through greater communication, interaction, and inquiry.

Increasingly more researchers are integrating Web 2.0 technologies with research methods.

However, while there are a multitude of tools, which tools are appropriate?

21st century research


Some free Web 2.0 tools

•Create fast and easy bibliographies

•Brainstorming made simple•Visual data•Flow charts

• Easily store references you find online• Discover new articles and resources• Automated article recommendations• Share references with your peers• Find out who’s reading what you’re reading• Store and search your PDFs




• Store files, links, ideas• Collaborate with others by sharing info• Publish opinions on contributions of others

• Save and organize links to your references• Easily share references with colleagues• Access references from any computer • Interactive, dynamic data visuals• Trend analysis• Statistical analysis • Co-construction and online creation• Manuscripts, interview transcripts, spread sheets, presentations,

etc.




• Sharing, building online research libraries• Collaboration.

• Mind maps• Schematic diagrams

• Bibliographic plugin for organizing research



How TUT should get involved


In the classroom

Class announcements and discussions should be shared on sites like Facebook and Twitter

Lecturers should share learning materials and more on blogs and networking sites



Pride

TUT should create Facebook pages to encourage the university’s spirit

Free university materials should be online



Potential students

TUT should offer virtual tours that include 360° images and videos

TUT can reach out to potential students who mention them on Twitter or Facebook or comment on TUT’s blog



Professional development

Lecturers learn more about their industries and fields of expertize through social venues

Lecturers can network with other academics



General outreach

Social sites provide a platform to promote activities, receive feedback and start conversation

TUT can reach out to parents, sponsors and the community and keep them up-to-date

Alumni groups can connect and grow

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