Presentation about how you can use social media for teaching and learning in higher education, given at the University of the West Country, UK on September 3rd 2012.

1. Social
media and
technology
-enhanced
learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42834622@N00/4333362932 Sarah Stewart 2012
Australian College of Midwives
sarah.stewart@midwives.org.au
Creative Commons Attribution BY

2. Thoughts for today
• What do you want to get out of today's
session?
• Why do we need to consider social media as
learners and teachers?
• My story
• Issues to consider
• Tips for getting started

3. What is social media?
“web-based and mobile technologies that turn
communication into interactive dialogue”
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73532212@N00/2945559128

4. Why is social media relevant to us
as learners and teachers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmwwrGV_aiE

5. How to use social media for
learning and teaching?

6. To deliver
content and
manage
courses
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7. Share resources
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8. Organize, advertise and take part
in real time events
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9. Real time help
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10. Mobile options eg
class announcements
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11. Use alternative media to process and
present work
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34427466731@N01/241843728

12. Following international events, issues
and discussions, in real-time
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10717364@N06/3792337931

13. Becoming part of national and
international campaigns
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lumaxart/2364696515/in/set-72157603545124242/

14. Connecting with “famous” people, people
of influence, culture and power
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08955@N07/5818782513
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105@N00/4270843426

15. Enhancing face-to-face relationships

16. Connecting students at a distance
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17. Sharing advice
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18. Aid ongoing teacher and peer
feedback
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20260568@N07/2072717826

19. Taking class discussion to a wider
audience
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44921934@N00/302001867

20. Grow online communities/networks of
learning
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49503019876@N01/1804295568

21. Facilitate collaboration
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22. Develop digital literacy skills
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23. Prepare
students for life
outside
university

24. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Otago-
Polytechnic-School-of-
Midwifery/293406710680213

25. Some examples

26. “Facilitating Online”:
http://wikieducator.org/Facilitating_Online

27. Virtual Birthing Unit:
http://wikieducator.org/The_virtual_birthing_unit_project

28. Eportfolio:
http://sarahstewart-eportfolio.wikispaces.com

29. Collaborative wiki for teachers to
share resources:
http://mindthegap2011.wikispaces.com

30. How to write a paper for
publication in 6 weeks:
http://writingapaperin6weeks.wikispaces.com

31. Reflective journal:
http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

32. Twitter: #phdchat

33. Virtual International Day of the
Midwife:
http://www.facebook.com/VirtualInternationalDayoftheMidwife

34. Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs

35. Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmstewart

36. YouTube/Blip.TV:
http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahmstewart

37. Issues to think about
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38. Chicken or egg?
What comes first
– pedagogy or
technology?
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39. What is it you actually want to
achieve?
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40. Facebook won't stop you being a
rubbish teacher!?
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41. What support do you need?
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42. What support do
your students
need?

43. How open do
you want to be?
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44. What are the issues of privacy,
security and professional online
behavior
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45. How will you develop your own online
profile?
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46. 10 top tips for using social media
for personal learning and
networking

47. Read articles,
blog posts and
watch ‘how to’
videos on
YouTube
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48. Connect with teachers who use social
media, both F2F and online

49. Be prepared
to give time
to networking
and don't
expect things
to happen
over night
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50. Be consistent about how you
'brand' yourself
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51. Be open

52. Focus on what you can give as
opposed to what you can receive
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53. Focus on quality, not quantity
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54. Be authentic
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55. Practice what you preach
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56. Always respond to people when
they contact you
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57. “Focus on how to be social, not on
how to do social.”
- Jay Baer, Convince & Convert

58. Resources
* http://www.uwe.ac.uk/elearning/
*http://mashable.com
*http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book
*http://www.slideshare.net/terrya/three-
generations-of-distance-education-pedagogy-
challenges-and-opportunities
*http://sarah-
stewart.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Social
%20Media

59. Contact
Email: Sarah.stewart@midwives.org.au
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/sarahmstewart
Twitter: SarahStewart
Blog: http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com
Skype: sarah.m.stewart