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SOCIAL M
EDIA,
LEARNING
MEDIA
A LOOK A
T SOCIAL
MEDIA
IN THE U
NIVERSIT
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STIU Teaching & Learning Workshop, 1 December 2010
Overview
Today’s Social Media Landscape Characteristics of social media Social media statistics – Pearson
Survey Social media in education Brainstorming social media @
Stamford Share your ideas
Social Media Landscape“Social media is any form of online
publication or presence that allows end users to engage in multi-directional conversations in or around the content on the website.” --- onlinematters.com
So what? Size: 500M+ users on facebook; 80 M
Twitterers Visibility: Abhisit, Obama, Lady Gaga Reach: mobile phones, Internet devices
Social Media In Use Used for …
Communication, networking, collaboration, multimedia, entertainment, education, marketing, travel, shopping
Used with … Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Flickr, LinkedIn, Skype, blogspot,
YouTube … Gowalla, groupon, delicious, slideshare, flowtown
Stamford Quiz Pearson Education social media survey
March, 2010 10,000 teachers w/ 939 respondents Look @ results slideshare.net/PearsonLearningSolutions/pearson-socialmediasurvey2010
Twitter in the Uni Group discussion summary Class discussion participation Continue discussion outside of
class Sharing teaching tactics Send review questions
Blogs in the Uni Classroom management
(announcements, handouts, etc.) Collaboration Tech support Creative writing Student profiles Discussions
in the Uni
Animations & simulations Professional presentations Interviews with celebrities Video tutorials
Skype in the Uni
One-on-one Spanish tutoring Webcam chats in a foreign language Student advising for distance
education Office hours
Facebook in the Uni Blogs, writing Role playing, games Reading circle
It’s Your Turn
How would you/ do you use social media in your classes?
Brainstorm ideas Share with the rest of us
Thank you!