An introduction to using social media for CPD, and an introduction to Twitter.

1. Using Social Media for Professional Development
Sue Tucker & Zachary Watt
Learning and Teaching Week 2016

2. Topics
How do you define “social media”?
What are the benefits of using Social Media in education?
What platforms come to mind?
How do others use Social Media for professional development?
Making it personal – what’s in it for me?
Be aware – some policies

3. How do you define “social media”?

4. What are the benefits of using Social Media in education?

5. #1 Find great resources, lesson plans & conferences

6. #2 Share your resources and ideas
Slideshare

7. #3 Follow amazing educators and their blogs

8. #4 Get support when needed
1 minute CPD

9. #5 Make International Connections

10. #7 Collaborate globally on projects
CLMOOC 2015
http://www.slideshare.net/NomadWarMachine/developing-flexible-open-courses-cmoocs-with-
international-collaborators

11. What platforms come to mind?
See https://conversationprism.com/ for more

12. How do others use Social Media for CPD?
Platform How it’s being used
Google+ Join communities and participate in discussions
LinkedIn Join relevant industry groups and participate in
discussions
Twitter Follow industry groups, businesses, individuals;
join twitter chats, take notes at conference,
conference backchannel
Facebook Join professional groups; follow relevant industry
groups, businesses, individuals
Slideshare Sharing of training resources
Delicious, Diigo,
Pinterest, Instagram,
Tumblr
Collating ideas, sharing of resources and
following others

13. Making it personal – what’s in it for me?

14. Be aware – some policies
• Use of Social Media at CDU is covered in three different policies
• CDU supports participation in social media technologies.
• The use of social media for learning and teaching purposes is
outlined in the Learnline Policy (draft) and is separate to the
Social Media Policy.
• Official posts must comply with the Media and Public
Commentary Policy.
• Staff members are NOT to use the University name as part of
their username/handle/screen name if making personal
comments.
• Acceptable Use – refer to the dot points of the Social Media
Policy for clear guidance.

15. Be aware – personal protection
• Don’t post personal identifying information (date of birth, address,
etc)
• Don’t engage with trolls
• Anything of concern: “Ignore. Block. Report”

16. References and Links
CDU Social Media Policy
http://www.cdu.edu.au/governance/doclibrary/pol-059.pdf
CDU Media and Public Commentary Policy
http://www.cdu.edu.au/governance/policies/pol-028.pdf
Internet trolls
http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/weirdwebculture/f/what-is-an-
internet-troll.htm
http://www.josiefraser.com/2016/09/alt-c-2016-keynote-in-the-valley-
of-the-trolls/
A Guide to Social Media for Learning from GCU, UK
https://sway.com/WJOIcKAajpfZE3OD

17. References and Links
Gilly Salmon blog http://www.gillysalmon.com
Craig Kemp blog http://mrkempnz.com/
The Ed Techie blog http://blog.edtechie.net/
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/
Hybrid pedagogy http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/
1 minute CPD https://1minutecpd.wordpress.com/
Conversation prism https://conversationprism.com/
Learning wheel http://learningwheel.co.uk/tag/debmillar24/
CLMOOC 2015
http://www.slideshare.net/NomadWarMachine/developing-
flexible-open-courses-cmoocs-with-international-collaborators

18. With thanks
Stuart Kelly @stuartkellynz
Jenny Grabiec @JennyGrabiec
Deb Millar @learningwheel
Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth
Craig Kemp @mrkempnz
Wendy Taleo @wentale
James Clay @jamesclay

19. Session feedback
We appreciate your feedback which helps us improve.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZGCKQPN

20. Getting started with Twitter
Sue Tucker and Zachary Watt
Learning and Teaching Week 2016

21. Topics
Why use Twitter for professional development?
Find people to follow
Using @ and # appropriately
Sending, replying, retweeting and quoting

22. Why Twitter for PD?

23. Edchats #1

24. Edchats #2

25. Edchats #3
Participate Learning Calendar
Some of our favourites:
#digitaledchat
#AussieED
#digiped
#PubPD
#includEDau
And the new
#AusVETchat
Starting on Wednesday

26. Conference backchannels

27. Conference backchannels

28. Conference backchannels

29. Taking notes

30. Find people to follow

31. Find people to follow

32. Using @
@ is an address and will send a notification to a
particular person or organisation.
@wentale @sueinasp @CDUni @ZacInDarwin

33. Using #
# is a means of tracking a topic or conversation
Anybody can search and follow a hashtag.
Nothing is private!
#LTWeek2016 #CDUnistaff #2016NVC
#AussieEd #edtech #altc
“Hashtags are the coffee houses of the internet”
- Mark McGuire @mark_mcguire

34. Send and reply

35. Retweet and quote

36. Help! I didn’t mean to send that!

37. Other tools
Tagboard – the social search & display platform

38. Other tools
Tweetdeck – organise your Twitter feed

39. Join us on Wednesday at 1pm for
#AusVETchat
Topic: Doing Industry Engagement Better

40. In summary

41. References and Links
Participate Learning https://www.participate.com/chats
Tagboard https://tagboard.com/
Tweetdeck https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/

42. With thanks
Stuart Kelly @stuartkellynz
Jenny Grabiec @JennyGrabiec
Deb Millar @learningwheel
Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth
Craig Kemp @mrkempnz
Wendy Taleo @wentale
James Clay @jamesclay

43. Session feedback
We appreciate your feedback which helps us improve.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZGCKQPN