Sue Beckingham discusses using social media for learning and teaching in higher education. She outlines the benefits of connecting, communicating, curating, collaborating and creating using social media platforms. Beckingham provides tips for both students and staff on building an online presence and digital network through tools like blogs, Twitter chats and BYOD initiatives. She emphasizes developing a digital identity and engaging in open scholarship through online discussion and sharing work with peers.

1. Learning and Teaching
Using Social Media
Sue Beckingham @suebecks
Keynote at the TEL Showcase #StaffsTEL
Staffordshire University

2. With ubiquitous access to the Internet there is a
danger of suffering from information overflow
HEALTH WARNING

3. "It's not information
overload. It's filter failure"
Clay Shirky

5. Worldwide internet user
penetration from 2014 to 2021
https://www.statista.com/statistics/325706/global-internet-user-penetration/

6. "The concept of ‘mobile first’ is no
longer exclusive to technology-
focused businesses and consumers,
but is the default position for a
growing number of internet users,
who now consider smartphones and
tablets essential to their daily lives."
Comscore 2017

7. #Digifest19 keynote Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE @aimafidon on the importance
of digital literacy – "It’s as important as reading, writing and arithmetic"

8. How much
data do we
create every
day?

9. Over 2.5 quintillion bytes of
data created each day.
By 2020, it’s estimated that
1.7MB of data will be
created every second for
every person on earth.

10. 2004
32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB
1 terabyte is equal to 1000 gigabytes
2017
1TB 2TB

11. Source: https://www.domo.com/solution/data-never-sleeps-6

12. In one minute
Snapchat users 2m snaps
More than 120 professionals join
LinkedIn
Users watch 4,146,600 YouTube videos
473,000 tweets are sent on Twitter
Instagram users post 497,380 photos
Source: https://www.domo.com/learn/data-never-sleeps-5

13. Google now processes
over 73,290 search queries every second
on average
/
http://www.internetlivestats.com/one-second/#google-band

14. – Nerantzi and Beckingham 2014
The 5 C
Framework
connect, communicate, curate,
collaborate and create

15. Connect

16. The Office
The Canteen
The Water Cooler
The Pub

17. Communicate

18. Brian Solis 2013 (CC BY 2.0)

19. Curate

21. Collaborate

22. Don Tapscott 2013
“Collaboration is important not just because it's
a better way to learn. The sprit of collaboration
is penetrating every institution and all of our
lives.
So learning to collaborate is part of equipping
yourself for effectiveness, problem solving,
innovation and life-long learning in an ever
changing networked society. ”

23. Create

24. Graphic by @simonrae during @helenbeetham's #LTHEchat
https://twitter.com/simonrae/status/612279251459510272

25. Overcoming barriers for new users of social media
'Listening in' - observe how others are interacting.
Positive silent engagement is a valuable part of everyone's
development.

26. Choice

27. A supported start

28. Designing a bespoke toolkit for your needs

29. Interconnectedness

30. Interconnectedness
Add links to any websites
or blogs you have
Add the URLs to your
email signature

31. Build a Network

32. Building a network

33. Google yourself

34. 'Google yourself'

35. Ask for help

36. Ask for help

37. Reflect

38. https://www.suebeckingham.com/

39. Explore

40. Social Media for Learning Blog
https://socialmediaforlearning.com/

41. Student partnerships

42. SMASH
Student led special interest group to develop
the use of social media for learning

43. Framework – The Three Pillars
Helping staff to identify
and use social media
tools for communication
and collaboration within
and beyond the
classroom.
Learning
Activities
Showcasing
Learning
Helping students to
prepare digital portfolios
to openly share
outcomes and projects to
develop a professional
online presence.
Organising
Learning
Helping students and
staff to identify and use
relevant social media
tools to curate and
organise information
relating to learning.

44. Resources
The Initial Framework, First
Infographic, Snow Day Post
All have been given a Creative Commons License
Developing a home for a toolkit
which could be used by others to
plan activities/case studies
How members of staff can utilise
social medias within their
teaching
WEBSITE BLOG
POSTS
CARD
ACTIVITY

45. Digital CPD

46. Learning and Teaching in HE
Chat
https://lthechat.com/

47. Bring Your Own Device for
Learning
https://byod4learning.wordpress.com/

48. 10 Days of Twitter
https://10daysoftwitter.wordpress.com/

49. Digital scholar

50. ONLINE
PRESENCE
Create a digital online presence
PROFESSIONAL
IDENTITY
Develop a digital professional identity
to showcase your academic work
PERSONAL
LEARNING
NETWORK
Build a personal learning network by
connecting with other academics
NETWORKS OF
PRACTICE
Interact by discussing
shared topics of interest
Steps to becoming a digital scholar

51. discussioncritical
evaluation
collaborative
investigation
asking
questions
open
inquiry
Social scholarship
through digital
engagement

52. Sharing is caring

53. Acknowledge the digital scholarship,
teaching excellence and student learning
gains shared by peers and students.
Interact by commenting, asking questions,
or signposting related information that may
be useful.
Share the
digital
narratives
with others
in your
network
Engaging with digital scholarship

54. Sue Beckingham | @suebecks
National Teaching Fellow and Principal Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam
University with a research interest in the use of social media in education.
Blog: http://socialmediaforlearning.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/suebeckingham
Image credit: Where not notes images used in this presentation are CC0 Creative Commons free for use https://pixabay.com/