Project on Learning Analytics in the Social Media Age (#pLASMA)
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Project on Learning Analytics in the Social Media Age (#pLASMA)
- 1. âŒAnatoliy Gruzd âŒCaroline Haythornthwaite âŒMarc Esteve Del Valle âŒDrew Paulin âŒSarah Gilbert project on Learning Analytics in the Social Media Age #pLASMA Funded by: A project of:
- 2. 2 ï± Primary purpose: o To develop and evaluate automated measures that can help educators manage their use of social media for teaching and learning Project on Learning Analytics in the Social Media Age (#pLASMA)
- 3. 3 #pLASMA Phase 1: Survey ï±Question 1: To what extent are social media being adopted by Canadian (and international) instructors in Higher Education? ï±Question 2: What specific social media are being used for teaching, and for what intended learning outcomes? ï±Question 3: What are the common assessment strategies of social media use for teaching and learning used by instructors?
- 4. 4 #pLASMA Phase 1: Survey ï±Collection Time Period: March 2014 â February 2015 ï±Recruitment via: ⊠Direct emails (known or recommended contacts) ⊠Mailing lists (e.g., ASIS&T, CITASA, etc.) ⊠Distribution at conferences, in presentations or using survey information cards (e.g., LAK14) ⊠Twitter (posted using relevant conference hashtags, etc.) ï±Survey Structure: ⊠27 questions and two sections ⊠Expected completion time: 35 minutes
- 6. 6 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Denmark Ireland Israel Netherlands New Zealand Romania Spain Sweden Turkey Switzerland Brazil Germany Australia United Kingdom Canada United States Respondents from countries #pLASMA Survey: Demographics 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% Sociology Computer sciences Education Information science Journalism, media studies and communication Top 5 Disciplines
- 7. Outline 1. What Social Media Platforms are Used for Teaching 2. How Social Media Platforms are Used for Teaching 7
- 8. 8 Social Media Use for Teaching What is the most useful social media tool that you have used in class? 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
- 9. 9 Use of Social Media Inside & Outside Learning Management Systems 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Blogs-students Blog-course Microblogging - e.g. Twitter Wikis - e.g. Wikipedia, Wikibooks Social networking - e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn Academic social networking - e.g. ResearchGate.net Document sharing - e.g. Google Docs/Drive Multimedia repositories - e.g. Youtube, Flickr Presentation sharing - e.g. SlideShare.net Social bookmarking - e.g. Delicious.com, Academic bookmarking - e.g. Zotero Synchronous discussion - e.g. Skype, Virtual worlds - e.g. Second Life Asynchronous discussion boards or forums Outside the LMS Inside the LMS
- 10. 10 Barriers to Use Social Media in Teaching 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Ability Time Ethics Support Tool âIt is designed for selling entertainment contentâ âIT bureaucracyâ âToo many requirements on studentsâ âAdds to an already heavy workload for meâ âDifferent levels in students' technology skillsâ
- 11. 11 How do you stay informed about effective teaching and learning strategies for the use of social media in education? Online forums, journals conferences and workshops Twitter, Facebook By talking to and sharing experiences with my colleagues and the students Stay Informed about Social Media 0 50 100 150 Seminar Friends Impersonal media
- 12. Outline 1. What Social Media Platforms are Used for Teaching 2. How Social Media Platforms are Used for Teaching 12
- 13. 13 How Social Media are Used in a Class? Manual Coding 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Discovery by instructor Fostering community Organizing by students Discovery by students Learning through practice Reaching outside the class Supporting collaboration Peer interaction Reflective learning Organizing by instructor Sharing by instructor Discussing Sharing among students Broad Categories 0Please give a brief explanation of how you use the above tool in your course 3 Human Coders
- 14. 14 How Social Media are Used in a Class? Codes Code Explanation How the âmost useful social media toolâ was used in their courses(s).* How social media was used in one specific recently taught class* S2 Sharing among students 59 41 DC Discussing 50 42 S1 Sharing by instructor 46 41 O1 Organizing for instructor 41 29 RL Reflective learning 36 21 PI Peer interaction 23 11 SC Supporting collaboration 18 8 RO Reaching outside the class 16 3 LP Learning through practice 15 16 D2 Discovery by students 14 7 O2 Organizing for students 12 5 FC Fostering community 9 9 D1 Discovery by instructor 3 1 * 4 and 27 comments could not be interpreted for coding
- 15. 15 0 20 40 60 80 Discovery by instructor Fostering community Organizing by students Discovery by students Learning through practice Reaching outside the class Supporting collaboration Peer interaction Reflective learning Organizing by instructor Sharing by instructor Discussing Sharing among students Broad Categories Factor Name Items loading on the factor Percent of variance explained 1 Facilitating Engagement Organizing by students; Peer interaction; Sharing by students; Reflective learning 12.63 2 Organization for Teaching Organizing by/for instructor; Sharing by instructor; Discussion 10.89 3 Reaching Outside Reaching outside learning by practice 10.10 4 Enhancing Student Learning Supporting collaboration among students; Reflective learning 8.97 5 Building a Community of Practice Fostering communities 8.48 6 Discovery Discovery by instructors; Discovery by students 8.48 How Social Media are Used in a Class? Factor Analysis
- 16. 16 Conclusions ï± WHAT: Most Used Social Media: Blogs, Twitter and Youtube ï± HOW: 1) Facilitating engagement, 2) Organizing for teaching, 3) Reaching outside the class (Factor Analysis)
- 17. âŒAnatoliy Gruzd âŒCaroline Haythornthwaite âŒDrew Paulin âŒSarah Gilbert âŒMarc Esteve Del Valle âŒE-mail: mesteved@ryerson.ca âŒTwiter: @NetMev project on Learning Analytics in the Social Media Age #pLASMA Funded by: A project of: