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Using Social Media Tools for Learning
1. Using Social Software Tools for
Learning & Teaching
Using the
Cloud
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2. Joan Walker & John Maguire
JISC RSC Scotland
ďźOverview of Social Media
ďźUsing WIKIs
ďźUsing Blogs
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ďźCurating Web Resources
ďźSocial Networking
4. WIKIs
⢠Website which can be edited collaboratively
⢠A range of media can be incorporated
(text, video, images, hyperlinks)
⢠All editing is recorded and easy to revert to the previous
version of the wiki
⢠Good for group activities as changes can be documented
and thought processes recorded
Social Bookmarking / Digital Curation
⢠Enables storing, organising & sharing favourite websites
⢠Meaningful keywords added so collections are searchable
⢠Bookmarks can be shared with students or colleagues
⢠Sets of resources can be presented in visually stimulating
ways
5. Blogs
⢠Online journal with chronological posts that are also searchable
⢠Commenting facility
⢠Other media can be easily incorporated (e.g. video or images)
⢠Excellent tool to encourage reflection
⢠Records distance travelled
⢠A good tool for building up evidence
Micro-blogs
⢠Post small pieces of digital content (maximum number of characters)
⢠Posts followed (by friends, colleagues, students)
⢠Instant publication with few restrictions
⢠Portable tool which feels organic and spontaneous
⢠Good collaboration and information sharing tool
⢠Can encourage reflection, peer review with the potential to enrich
learning experiences
6. Social Networking
⢠Users create a profile and make it available to
âfriendsâ
⢠A network of contacts is built-up
⢠Tools include blog, photo & video upload, IM & chat
⢠Now being used more than email
Multimedia sharing
⢠Photo sharing â Flickr
⢠Video sharing â YouTube, Teacher tube
⢠Presentation sharing â Slide Share
7. Benefits
Social Media applications are easy to use and and can be easily accessed
online using a browser
Modernises the curriculum with many already being used by young people -
Can communicate with students outside class time
Increases choice and the scope for personalisation & learner autonomy
Improves possibilities for deeper & reflective learning
Supports collaboration & communication (tutor to student & student to
student)
Largely free or very inexpensive & inherently scalable
8. Things to Consider
Older people are not familiar with social software services to the same extent
& lack web2.0 skills and attitudes
Learners & staff may not find mixing social and academic spaces desirable
Start with one tool and add others later â Think quality not quantity
Awarding Bodies require to have confidence in systems - Rubrics for assessing
work that use social software tools require to be developed
Use tools to collaborate and communicate with colleagues
9. Using Social Software Tools for
Learning & Teaching
Using the
Cloud
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10. Contact details
http://www.rsc-scotland.ac.uk/
support@rsc-scotland.ac.uk
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