Social Media and Ethics in Education from the Perspective of Diversity

Antoine van den Beemt – 2012

Antoine van den Beemt

ECER 21 Sept 2012

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Social Media and Ethics in Education from the Perspective of Diversity

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Contents:• Interactive media use: private practice vs.

school practice• Interactive media use in NL• Social media codes of conduct• Diversity in interactive media use• cting

Social Media and Ethics in Education from the Perspective of Diversity

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Applying interactive media/SNS as learning tool: tensions

Private: informal, volatile, playful

‘their space’ (Selwyn, 2010);

identity development

School: formal, long term, serious• cting

Interactive media use: private practice vs. school practice

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Internet access from home

No non-users 9 to 23 y-o

Possession of mobile devices among youths: 80% of 8-18 y-o, of which 60% have internet access

Schools are connected, BYOD• cting

Interactive media use in the Netherlands

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An effort to break the tension between private and practice

First ones published: focused on restrictionsFicting

Social media codes of conduct

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“It is not allowed for employees and students to engage actively with social media during class, unless the school management explicitly has

agreed to do so. “Ficting

Social media codes of conduct

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“It is for people involved not allowed to share school related photo-, film- or sound recordings

on social media, unless people involved have given their agreement. “Ficting

Social media codes of conduct

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An effort to break the tension between private and practice

First ones published: focused on restrictions

Recently: constructive approachesFicting

Social media codes of conduct

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“The school integrates social media as much as possible in courses in order to contact experts

and to respond to topicalities” Ficting

Social media codes of conduct

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“The school makes an effort to let students experience the possibilities of social media”

“The school encourages students to make active use of social media for learning processes during

classes” Ficting

Social media codes of conduct

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“The school expects educators to have sufficient knowledge to learn students required social

media skills valuable to the learning process” Ficting

Social media codes of conduct

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“The school expects educators to have sufficient knowledge to learn students required social

media skills valuable to the learning process”

“in reality many learners don’t have a good grasp of technologies - particularly not in terms of how technologies can be used for academic purposes" (De Freitas & Conole, 2011). Ficting

Social media codes of conduct

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An effort to break the tension between private and practice

First ones published: focused on restrictions

Recently: constructive approaches

Including pedagogy/methodsFicting

Social media codes of conduct

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Diversity in interactive media use

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• 4 categories of users:

Van den Beemt, A., Akkerman, S., & Simons, P.R.J. (2009) Jongeren en interactieve media: diversiteit in het gebruik van interactieve media onder jongeren. Kennisnet, Zoetermeer

- Intensive SNS use, informal, identity, volatile- Codes of conduct, guidelines, connected to

pedagogy- Take into account diversity in interactive

media use Ficting

Conclusion

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