Social Media Learning: Blogs, Twitter, and Pinterest in the Classroom.

25th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning. Interactive Workshops.

Social Media Learning: Blogs, Twitter, and Pinterest in the Classroom.
Dr. Jose G. Lepervanche
Dr. Lepervanche’s Learning Edge Technologies

An engaging open forum on social media networks that can be used to enhance student learning experience. Participants are invited to share their own favorite tools.

Topics:
1. Overview of popular social media networks (personal, professional, news, videos, picture boards, blogging)
2. Domain registration, blogs setup, newsletters, news integrators, TED Ed, and information hubs.
3. Integrating social media networks inside Blackboard
4. Sharing best practices in computers and mobile devices.

Workshop “Updates in Uses of Social Media with Emphasis in Flickr and Instagram Learning” | Dr. Jose G. Lepervanche

Learn how to use your Flickr and Instagram photos in your courses. Use of photo albums, collections, hashtags, categories, and tags in Blackboard and Social Media.

Content

Social Media Learning. Use of several social media networks in courses.
Hashtag Learning. How to add proper tags to your posts and photos.
Instagram Learning. How to add instant photos and hashtags that you can share in your courses.
Flickr Learning. How to use it to organize combined photo albums by themes, places or events. How to add your Flicker photos to your courses.
Social Media Slides®. Using social media tools to prepare your classes and presentations.

1. Social Media Learning. Use of several social media networks in courses.

2. Hashtag Learning. How to add proper tags to your posts and photos.

3. Instagram Learning. How to add instant photos and hashtags that you can share in your courses.

4. Flickr Learning. How to use it to organize combined photo albums by themes, places or events.

How to add your Flickr photos to your courses.

Open an Announcement or new thread in Discussion > Mashups > Flickr Photo

Discussion > Mashups > Flickr Photo

Use keywords or hashtags to find picture in Flickr.

Add picture to course.

Picture inserted in Announcement or Discussion message ready to be posted.

Posted Announcement or Discussion with inserted Flickr picture.

5. Social Media Slides®. Using social media tools to prepare your classes and presentations.

@DrLepervanche’s Web Media Lab Timeline. Widgets and Gadgets…before e-learning to m-learning and beyond…

webmedialab.org: Web, media, and mobile widgets and gadgets for online courses

View more presentations from Dr. Jose G. Lepervanche

Widgets and Gadgets: From E-learning to M-learning and Beyond
Emerging technologies have allowed online learning to add interactive tools to courses. New web, media and mobile applications or widgets, and new devices or gadgets, bring innovative resources to the hands of students. Education is moving from e-learning to m-learning and beyond as hybrid methods are also being incorporated to both on-land and online courses. Our Web Media Lab (www.webmedialab.org) has been testing these widgets and gadgets applying both Technology Acceptance and Affordability Models to explore real usability beyond courses into real life. Wireless and mobile technologies allow users to be in a virtual office all the time.(ID #145/Track 2)

23rd International Conference on College Teaching and Learning

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 10:30-11:15 a.m., Heritage C. Sawgrass Golf Resort & Spa, a Marriott resort, Ponte Vedra.

Social media management in online education

201107_WiredScoutmaster — Wired Scoutmaster or Wireless Porfessor?

During FSCJ Open Campus convocation some professors mentioned the benefits of social media networks in online courses. As you may notice, I do not enforce nor strongly suggest to use Facebook or Twitter outside online learning platforms such as Blackboard. I am testing with Twitter in courses discussions and announcements and I do not see enough comments. In the past I have seen comments when I offer extra credit. Maybe this is the reason. What do you think? I am also testing several pages in Facebook and you do not have to be “friend”. 1. “Learning Edge Management” page is about technologies and online learning. If you wish, please “like” it. 2. “Next Manager” page is about Management and Leadership. I usually share interesting tweets or Facebook posts inside regular online discussions to improve topics and demonstrate how easy it is to find useful information in social media that can be used to add current events to our courses.

If you volunteer to participate in these pages, you just have to “like” them. Participation for students is optional. Again, you do not have to “friend” anyone and I do not ask you to be “friend”. If you ask to be “friend” I will accept as I also share other pages to students and graduates. Facebook pages or groups are a good place to keep in touch after graduation and improve networking for potential jobs. Some of our college advisory board graduates were selected because their active participation in courses and social media networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

Managing social media requires a good time balance between personal and professional social reading and interactions. You have to decide how social media will benefit you in life or work. We are providing resources to find this benefit without overloading our screens. This is our dynamic lab where emerging technologies are tested for personal and professional use. Thank you for participating on this lab. More soon in www.webmedialab.org.