1. Social Media in Learning
Social Media in Learning
Kitt Tientanopajai, D.Eng.
Assistant to the President for Information Technology
Khon Kaen University
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Part I
Learning

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom's_taxonomy
CC BY-SA 3.0

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http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/03/new-blooms-taxonomy-planning-kit-for.html
© 2011-2014 Med Kharbach

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http://www.p21.org/
CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

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http://www.iftf.org/futureworkskills/
© 2011 Institute for the Future

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● Sense-Making: deeper meaning, significance of what being
expressed.
● Social Intelligence: connect to others in a deep and direct way,
to sense and stimulate reactions and desired interactions.
● Novel & Adaptive Thinking: proficiency at thinking and coming
up with solutions and responses beyond that which is rote or
rule-based.
● Cross-Cultural Competency: ability to operate in different
cultural settings
● Computational Thinking: translate vast amounts of data into
abstract concepts and to understand data-based reasoning.

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● New-Media Literacy: critically assess and develop content that
uses new media forms, and to leverage these media for
persuasive communication
● Transdisciplinary: literacy in and ability to understand concepts
across multiple disciplines
● Design Mindset: represent and develop tasks and work
processes for desired outcomes
● Cognitive Load Management: discriminate and filter
information for importance, and to understand how to
maximize cognitive functioning using a variety of tools and
techniques
● Virtual Collaboration: work productively, drive engagement,
and demonstrate presence as a member of a virtual team.

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Critical thinking
Technology
Information
Communication
Global Awareness
Media
Creativity
Digital Immigrants
Collaboration
Digital Natives
Self-direct
ICT Literacy
21st
Century Skills

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Cheerleader
Commander
Cognitive Psychologist
Challenger
Curator
Creative
Conductor
Computer Literate
Collaborator
Cultivator
Consultant Concierge
21st
Century Teachers ?

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Part II
Social Media

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“A group of Internet-based applications
that build on the ideological and
technological foundations of Web 2.0,
and that allow the creation and
exchange of user-generated content.”
"Users of the world, unite! The challenges and opportunities of social media"
Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein
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“Media that are created,
shared, exchanged
on the Internet by people.”
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Brian Solis and JESS3
The Conversation Prism 2.0
CC BY-2.5

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Part III
Social Media in
Learning

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Why ?

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“We don’t have a choice on
whether we do social media,
the question is
how well we do it.”
-- Erik Qualman

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Part IV
Resources

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When you use and share media ...
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Concerns to be addressed
● Intellectual Properties, e.g., copyright, licenses
● Media
● Tools, e.g. , software
● Plagiarism
● Privacy

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Creative Commons: Six licenses for sharing your work
Public Domain

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● Degree, courses, lessons, ...
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MOOCs

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● Educational resources
● Classroom records
● Podcasts
● Live broadcast
● ...
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Video

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Photo / Audio / Cliparts / Fonts ..
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● Reflections
● Journaling
● e-Portfolio
● Microblogging
● Learning from others
● RSS
● ...
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Blogs

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● A clicker replacement
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Polls, Surveys, Feedbacks

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● Announcements
● Sharing materials
● Discussions
● Synchronous
● Phone call
● Conference call
● Instant messaging
● Asynchronous
● Instant messaging
● Mail
● SMS
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Communication Tools

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Some Apps and Interactive Tools
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When you need to create your own media …
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● OpenOffice (Office suite) http://www.openoffice.org/
● LibreOffice (Office suite) http://www.libreoffice.org/
● R Project (Statistical) http://www.r-project.org/
● Zotero (Reference manager) http://www.zotero.org/
● SciLab (Mathematical) http://www.scilab.org/
● GIMP (Photo retouching) http://www.gimp.prg/
● Blender (3D modeling) http://www.blender.org/
● Darktable (Photo workflow) http://www.darktable.org/
● Inkscape (Vector graphic) http://www.inkscape.org/
● Audacity (Audio editor) http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
● Traverso (DAW) http://www.traverso-daw.org/

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What is Google Apps for Education ?
● A set of cloud services offered by Google for
educational institute for free.
● Web-based email, calendar, documents for
collaborative study anytime, anywhere.
● Hosted at Google Data Centers, managed by the
institute.
● 99.9% availability SLA
● Very secure
● Your data belongs to you.
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Lesson Learned
● Cloud is new for some people.
● They may not be comfortable with it.
● Cloud is about self-service.
● Less customer/tech support from vendor.
● SaaS cloud is continuously upgraded.
● New/discontinued services
● User interface
● Changes may need to be handled.
● TCO can be very low.
● KKU saved 15 mil. baht. of investment.
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Q & A
Kitt Tientanopajai, D.Eng.
Assistant to the President for IT, KKU
(kitt@kku.ac.th)
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