UPDATED presentation on Social Media and its role in teaching and learning for the workshop conducted by Dr Manishankar Chakraborty for the teaching staff members of Ibra College of Technology, Sultanate of Oman on the 29th of April 2013.
UPDATED PPT on Role social media in teaching and learning dr manishankar chakraborty,workshop at Ibra College of Technology, Oman
1. Role of Social Media in Teaching & Learning
Dr. Manishankar Chakraborty
Department of Business Studies
Ibra College of Technology
Sultanate of Oman
“We don't have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well
we do it?”― Erik Qualman
2. The Social Media visionaries….
Facebook- Mark Zuckerberg
Twitter- Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, Evan Williams
Linkedin- Reid Hoffman
Wikipedia- Jimmy Wales
Blogger- Evan Williams
MOODLE- Martin Dougiamas
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3. E-environment @ICT
Partial Advising, Attendance, Attendance
Warning, Time-table, Grades, Result
processing etc.- Ministry System
Communication within and between
departments, with external parties- Official
ID
Information about events through ICT
website
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4. E-environment @ICT
Proposed complete online advising shortly by-
Vaseem‟s AdTrac
Surveys and online support through- MOODLE
Then why not to consider Social Media as part of
Teaching and Learning????
„Business at the Speed of Thought‟ –
„Education at the speed of thought‟????
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5. Introspect and Soul Search
Are you a NETIZEN?
How many hours do you spend daily on the net?
Do you use social media? If, yes, which one and for
what?
Have you tried social media in your profession?
Do you think social media adds value to your
professional acumen?
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6. Contents
Social media visionaries
E-environ @ICT
Introspection and Soul
Searching
Background
Research
Teachers Guide
Introduction
Social media landscape
Social Media
Facebook
Wikipedia
Micro-blog
Blog
Google Groups
Google plus
Linkedin
Youtube
Benhance
Slideshare
Resources
Comparison
Activity
Food for thought
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Background
Technology more than an enabler in education
Smart Phones, PDA‟s, Hand held devices are the gizmos
students like to use
Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Wikis are the new tools for
networking and knowledge sourcing and sharing
Wi-Fi campuses are the new infrastructural benefits,
educational campuses provide
Learning innovation, faster replication (Viral) through
virtual medium are the causes for fast dissemination of
knowledge
8. Research Indicates that-
Web 2.0 provides a diverse set of digital strategies with
powerful implications for higher education. Alexander (2006)
Moran, Mike; Seaman, Jeff; Tinti-Kane, Hester from Babson
College, USA (2011) infers-
-90% of faculties use social media in courses they teach or for
professional careers outside the classroom
-Facebook and Youtube mostly used
-30% posted contents related to the course for outside the
class learning
-40% of faculties asked students to view social media as part
of course assignment
-20% students asked students to comment in course related
posts in social media
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9. Research Indicates that-
-An overwhelming majority report that they
believe that video, podcasts, and wikis are
valuable tools for teaching, and a majority
report that social media sites can be
valuable tools for collaborative learning.
Pressing concerns reported were-
-80% students reported that lack of
submission related integrity as a major
barrier
-70% cites privacy concern as a barrier
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10. Research Indicates that-
McCarthy, University of Adelaide, (2010) found out
the following-
-88%opined Facebook groups and Image Galleries
developed academic relationships with same-
culture students and 73% felt with different-culture
students.
-73% said Facebook groups and Image Galleries
developed social relationships
-89% said Facebook group and Image Galleries
generated rewarding academic discussions that
benefited their studies this semester
-92% felt Facebook group and image galleries
increased their interaction with peers.
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Teachers guide to Social Media
Click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8lFrW4CSuI
Lets discuss the observations
Click
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/teachers-
guide-social-media_b25989
(Source: Online Colleges. Learn button via Shutterstock.)
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Introduction
Social media- Websites and applications that enable users
to create and share content or to participate in social
networking. (Oxford Dictionary)
Role in teaching-learning-
A supplementary teaching-learning tool
A follow up tool
A novel assessment tool
A tool to encourage interaction and peer learning
A tool for innovative, experiential team based learning
A tool for customized one to one learning between learner
and tutor
A tool to measure independent learning takeaway by
every learner
13. Introduction
Advantages-
Enables two way communication in real
time
Mitigates geographical constraint
Encourages self paced learning
Techno-savvy professionals are groomed
Customized user friendly and collaborative
contents are prepared
7x24x365 learning
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Social Media
Social media are web-2.0 applications
Web 2.0 allow user to interact, collaborate in social media
Web 2.0 also allow to create user generated content in a
virtual community
Major social media tools used in education-
Face book, MySpace, Orkut
Blogs
Micro-blogs/Twitter
You-tube
Mashups
Linkedin
Wikis
Google+
Podcasting
Webinar
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Face book
Create a page on a specific learning
community
(Refer
https://www.facebook.com/DrManisPageFor
HisLearnerAndTrainees?ref=hl )
Build your audience comprising of the
learner
Administrator gets weekly summary
17. Facebook
Encourage learning/revision/assessments by posting
and encouraging participations of learner in-
Quotes
Situations/Case-lets
Applied questions
Video analysis
Assessments
Announcements
* Key to success-Innovative ways of presenting through
audio-visual and crispy mode, ensuring contents go
viral through maximum participation
* Beware of plagiarism and subsequent consequences!
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18. Face book
Education centered groups-
EU-educators, don Quizote school, Multi-lingualism
global groups, e-learning in developing and
developed countries, Active learning group,
Teaching critical thinking, Teacher2teacher
network, wikieducator, Atlantis, Central Michigan
University off-campus programs, Edutopia etc.
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Wikipedia
It can be used in the following ways-
(1) Search and read contents
(2) Contribute and Edit contents and view
history of content
(Refer
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B
usiness_ethics&action=edit)
(3) User-talk for content development
related to courses
( Refer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Drma
nishankar)
20. Wikipedia
(4) User Sandbox is a sub-page of user‟s user page serving
as a testing spot for the user and not an encyclopedia
article
(Refer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Drmanishankar/sandbox)
Major benefits are-
Collaborative content development with localized and
globalized inputs
Periodical editing
Challenges
Source of contents
Plagiarism
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Micro-blog/Twitter
Uploading study materials
Several bytes each time, rather than
at one go in line with the classroom
delivery
Graphs, illustrations, videos etc. can
be shared
(Refer
https://twitter.com/twelearnmani or
https://twitter.com/manitwitts)
22. Micro-blog/Twitter
Maximizing messaging options
Private chats for individual clarifications
Video chat for non-verbal cues related
explanation for better interactivity
Getting more educators
Educators from the network adds value to
the discussions, forum plays important role
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Micro-blog/Twitter
Performing assessments
Individual assessments can be done by tagging individuals
Groups or topics on which interaction can happen be
formed
Hashtags and tweet chats can be used to bring students
together
Some popular hashtags related to education
#AcAdv
#ESDGC
#esl
#gtchat
#highered
#homeschool
#ipaded
#kinderchat
#mlearning
#nclb
#onlineed/#onlinelearning
#opened
#playoutdoors
#scholarship
#school
#smedu
#spedchat
#TLChat
#urbaned
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Blogs
An online diary hosted on the internet
E.g. http://www.hbs.edu/about/social-
media/Pages/faculty-social-media.aspx
E.g. http://drmaniforstudents.blog.com/
Usage of blogs are manifold-
Announcements
Sharing information and content
Additional reading resources
Assessments
Thread initiation
Group discussion and learning
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Google Groups and Google+
Course/Section based groups
Sharing of learning resources
Additional information, illustrations
Initiation of topic based threads/forums for discussions
Individual insights and evaluation along with peer learning is
possible
Online assessments and their evaluation
Refer (https://groups.google.com/grphp?hl=en&pli=1 in maildrmani@gmail.com)
Google plus can be accessed by visiting You plus in gmail
Hangouts, Circles of students and teachers are used in
teaching/learning
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Linkedin
Professional networking portal
It can be used in the following ways for teaching and
learning-
Networking with professionals
Participation in different forums and groups
Collaborative learning through customized threads
Inputs from domain experts on content development
Industry specific illustrations, examples by discussing
theoretical topics with industry experts
Great Books Group, Learning, Education and Training
Professionals group, many company and sector specific
groups.
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You-tube
Teaching courses/concepts through videos of
films/documentaries/interviews
Assessments through videos of films/documentaries/interviews
Faculty recorded videos as knowledge reinforcement tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyf2xjx4mzU (Documentary)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5BhDaKD4kc (Explanation)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OeSk90yDlk (Faculty recorded
reinforcement)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHzTUYAOkPM (Classroom
management)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oiW9SNpHvc (Marketing
management)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu9QWojx8qE (Human
Resource management)
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Benhance
http://www.behance.net/Manishankar
Teaching through pictures
Innovative design/creativity driven
assessments
Sharing and publishing student/teacher‟s
work
Additionally flickr and picassa can be used
for sharing/gathering digital photos as
analogs are difficult to be retrieved and
reused.
30. Slideshare
Upload presentations for review/comments
Download presentations for usage
Review contents of other contributors
Additional resources for teaching and
learning
E.g. http://www.slideshare.net/maildrmani/
on www.slideshare.net
Administrator gets weekly summary
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31. Additional social media related
resources for Education
Buddypress-Global Social network on web 2.
SCN-Students Circle Network- Connects schools, students and teachers.
Course-cracker- Elementary school teacher networking platform.
Diigo- Classroom2.0 on practical application of computer technology.
Picasa in education
Elgg- Social network for schools and community in the Middle-east.
i-Teach Mobile- Community of educators exploring the use of mobile
technologies.
Linkedin- Ning
ArtEd2.0
Assessment for Learning
Browardbyte
Business Social Network
E-college
Edublogger
Refer- http://www.educationalnetworking.com/List+of+Networks
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33. Activity
Form groups of 5 members each preferably from various
departments.(No need to change the seating arrangement)
Identify five opportunities for the application of social media in
the teaching and learning sphere of Ibra College of Technology.
Identify five major challenges for incorporating social media in
the teaching and learning domain of Ibra College of Technology.
Suggest measures/strategies that would help in overcoming the
aforesaid challenges.
List out five value additions you may derive by incorporating
social media in the teaching and learning processes of Ibra
College of Technology.
Identify a leader within your group who can present the findings
derived out of the brainstorming session.
Time allotted for group discussion=15 minutes.
34. Some food for thought-Social Media
Avoiding misuse of resources by teacher-learner duo
Protecting the identity of female students (ID related FB account
devoid of real name and picture)
Complimenting with the existing teaching-learning mechanism
Creating awareness among the unaware segment
Avoiding replication of work
Improper referencing leading to legal hassles
Original content protection from plagiarism
Proper referencing of contents used to avoid legal hassles
Scheduling of the usage of social media sans disturbances in
routine teaching-learning
Developing a flair for the usage of social media in education and
practicing it in unison
Hackers
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36. Floor open for discussion….
Thanking you!
Happy Learning & Teaching through
Social Media!!!
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