A brief presentation to be used alongside discussion on the development of the Learn 2 Teach by Social Web Curriculum

1. Ideas in Mobile Learning
Bristol
March 2014

2. Overview
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an online curriculum
to promote the use of social media
in an educational context
on a European scale
as a social innovation

3. Background and
partners
• Perceived gap in the use of social and
mobile media in post compulsory
(tertiary or Secondary II) education.
• This perception consolidated by small
scale research.
• Six schools from six nations, with
support organisations providing
technical, educational and research
support.

4. Connected Social
Learning
• social media as a space…
• a space as a learning environment…
• a learning environment as a
collaborative activity…

5. A curriculum in progress

6. A curriculum in progress

7. A curriculum in progress

8. Responses to
peer review
• driving for innovations
– Does this provide better results?
• attitudes to using social media in education
– Do learners accept their use for learning?
• following current trends from modern society
– Can we not drive against what society ‘wants us
to do’?
• dialogue over doing
– Why a wiki?

9. Conclusions
• Challenges and benefits – so far
• Challenges and benefits – future?
• Predictions

10. To access the Learn 2 Teach
curriculum, other support materials and
for further information on the project:
Visit our website at:
www.learn2teach.eu
Visit our Facebook page at:
www.facebook.com/learn2teach.eu
View our YouTube account at:
www.you-tube.com/L2TSocialWeb
Join our Twitter feed at:
www.twitter.com/L2TSocialWeb
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