Clarify the evolving role of social media as an instructional tool. Identify the most popular social media networks. Consider challenges faced by educators using social media. Relate the role social media can play in student centered and blended learning. Provide live examples.
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Objectives
• Clarify the evolving role of social media as
an instructional tool.
• Identify the most popular social media
networks.
• Consider challenges faced by educators
using social media.
• Relate the role social media can play in
student centered and blended learning.
• Provide live examples.
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Anatomy reinvented
• Content: has evolved from disciplinary perspective into professional.
Louw G, Eizenberg N, Carmichael SW. 2009. The place of anatomy in the medical education: AMEE guide no 41. Med Teach 31:373–386.
Regional
anatomy
Systemic
anatomy
Applied
anatomy
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Alternative instructional tools
Louw G, Eizenberg N, Carmichael SW. 2009. The place of anatomy in the medical education: AMEE guide no 41. Med Teach 31:373–386.
• Fewer hours allocated
to gross anatomy in
newly evolving medical
curricula.
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IT Revolution and Education Evolution
• Instructional tools:
– Videos and lecture
recording
– Computer-assisted
learning
– Internet resources:
Google, Wikipedia, and
anatomy dedicated
websites.
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The “Net Generation”
• Online social networking sites
became an integral part of their
daily lives.
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Mobile technology
• Educators need to
accommodate the
attitudes, expectations
and learning style of the
21st century students
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Go where the students are
Sabah
Perry DM. 2013. Go Where the Students Are: Facebook. The Chronicle of Higher Education[online] Available at: http://chronicle.com/article/Go-Where-the-Students-Are-/138801/
[Accessed 11 Sep. 2016].
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Web 2
• Social networking sites use
Web 2.0 technologies
which are characterized by
greater user interactivity
and collaboration.
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Leading social media monthly active users 2016
http://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2016/02/infographic-the-top-8-social-networking-sites-and-monthly-active-users.html
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Medical students’ presence on social media in uOttawa
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Facebook YouTube Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Pinterest Google+
El Bialy S, Jalali A. 2015. Go Where the Students Are: A Comparison of the Use of Social Networking Sites Between Medical Students and Medical Educators. JMIR Medical Education
2015;1(2):e7 URL: http://mededu.jmir.org/2015/2/e7/ doi:10.2196/mededu.4908
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ouTube world statistics
• Every day, people watch hundreds of millions of hours on YouTube and
generate billions of views
• The number of hours people are watching on YouTube each month is up
50% year on year
• More than half of YouTube views are on mobile devices
YouTube press statistics https://www.youtube.com/yt/press/en-GB/statistics.html
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Universities’ uses of YouTube
• Share video content about life, learning and research that takes place on
campus
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Videos in anatomy education
• Support classroom teaching.
• Self-directed learning.
• Continuous medical education.
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Advantages of using a YouTube educational channel
Learner’s perspective
Sulaima
• Place the videos in an environment in which students are used to: on the go.
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Advantages of using a YouTube educational channel
Learner’s perspective
• Encourage learners to
reflect: comment, like or
dislike.
• Build learner’s own
playlists: add to.
• Share on another
network to engage
viewers in multiple ways
of interaction.
Jaffar AA (2012): YouTube an emerging tool in anatomy
education. Anat Sci Educ. 5(3):158-164.
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Advantages of using a YouTube educational channel
Instructor’s perspective
• Provide interactivity: spotlight annotations, reply to comments.
• Flexibility of use in different context: use of links, cards, playlists, and
YouTube video editor.
• Retain authorship rights: copyright infringement notification.
• Monitor the performance of the channel: YouTube Analytics
• Increase visibility of instructor’s work and allows finding new synergies
between different departments in the same or different institutes.
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TUBE
Why should the experts be recruited?
• Danger of unregulated nature of user
generated content.
• Match student level of anatomy
knowledge and the objectives of the
course.
YOUR STUDENTS NEED
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YouTube creator academy
https://creatoracademy.withgoogle.com/page/lesson/education-channels?hl=en
Jaffar AA (2013): Tips for using YouTube in medical education. Iraqi J.
Med. Sci. 11(2):102-108.
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YouTube Live
• To host and
broadcast live
discussions
through a YouTube
channel.
• A copy of the
broadcast can be
edited and shared.
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Ethical considerations
Miller G & Lewis T (2016): Anatomy education for the YouTube generation: Technical,
ethical, and educational considerations. Anat Sci Educ. DOI: 10.1002/ase.1622
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Examples of Institutionalized Anatomy YouTube Channels
• University of Utah: Brain anatomy for
health professionals:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp9HSlEm97VXyQ32Uwjfz3dpm
Q8nl63zJ
• American Association of Neurosurgical
surgeons: The Rhoton collection:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6307C9E54B56AD87
• University of Michigan School of
Dentistry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIyF-
HsoVU8fZWOAd3y8RTw
• University of British Columbia Medicine:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE4a1o3GMKCRSgHflXqZs8Q/feed
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Facebook
• Of all social media, most
medical students use
Facebook and spend a
considerable time on it every
day.
• Therefore, Facebook is the
logical place to integrate
online social networks into
teaching and learning.
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Uses of Facebook in Universities
• Establish relationships with students.
• Students’ collaboration not only for social reasons but for informal learning
purposes.
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Human Anatomy Education Page
Post categories
• Self-assessment questions
• Links to online resources (videos, websites, and
books)
• Explanatory comments
• Arts and history in relation to anatomical
sciences
• Documentation of in-class anatomy-related
activities
• Anatomy-related humor
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Student Preferences
Post categories
• Self-assessment questions
• Links to online resources (videos, websites, and
books)
• Explanatory comments
• Arts and history in relation to anatomical
sciences
• Documentation of in-class anatomy-related
activities
• Anatomy-related humor
Concern about formal aspects of learning without
giving up the social interactions
Jaffar AA (2014): Exploring the use of a Facebook Page in anatomy education. Anat Sci Educ. 7(3):199-208.
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Page Group
Relationship Long term Short term
Communication Broad Small group
discussions
Facebook Page vs Facebook Group in an Educational
Context
El Bialy S, Jalali A, and Jaffar AA (2014): Integrating Facebook into Basic Sciences Education: A Comparison of a Faculty-Administered
Facebook Page and Group. Austin J Anat. 2014;1(3):7.
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GROUP
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Facebook Page is Appropriate to Supplement
Anatomy Education
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Make anatomy learning more
interesting and challenging
Improve exam self-confidence
Increase understanding
Widen knowledge in general issues in
relation to anatomy
Communicate with tutor on academic
matters
Discuss with colleagues on issues
posted on the Page
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Distraction or a Learning Tool?
• A profound engagement of
the high performers.
Jaffar AA and Eladl MA (2016): Engagement Patterns of High and Low Performers on Facebook Anatomy Pages.
J Med Edu Curric Dev. 3:1-8.
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Privacy Concerns of Students
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I feel safe to express my opinion freely
on a public Facebook page…
I am aware of privacy settings on
Facebook that limit access to personal…
I would like tutors to interact with and
contact me via Facebook for formal…
The benefit of Facebook as a learning
environment exceeds the harm
Facebook is a suitable learning
environment at university level
• Educate
students about
the main
principles of
ethics and
etiquette on
online social
networks.
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Privacy Concerns of “Digital immigrants”
• With a good control of privacy options you
may accept friend requests from students.
• Faculty self-disclosure through Facebook
has a positive impact on student motivation,
classroom climate, and course outcomes.
• Provide a model of the responsible use of
Facebook technology.
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Social media in student centered and blended education
• Use of social media contributes to
blended learning and student
centered education and culminates
in flipping classrooms.
• Can release instructors from being
drained by covering much of the
theory that would otherwise create
a huge lecturing load.
• Teaching can be transformed into
being interpretive, rather than
merely descriptive
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Take home messages
Anatomy
• Social media are no more a site merely for
social activities.
• Instructors are encouraged to make the
“smart” move to boost learning of the Net
generation.
• Technological tools cannot completely replace
but they support practical sessions and
classroom interactive teaching.
• Production tools are simple and low cost but
the creation of videos and continuity of posts
require extra time and effort by the instructors
for which they should be recognized.
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Thank You
Human Anatomy Education
Channel
Human Anatomy Education
Page
—Illustration by Roy Wieman
Notes de l'éditeur
Anatomy has shown great flexibility when in its content it has evolved from regional to systemic and from regional to applied to include surface, endoscopic, cross sectional, imaging, and surgical anatomy.
In view of the fewer hours allocated to gross anatomy in newly evolving medical curricula, it has become necessary to rely on alternative tools to support anatomy instruction outside of the classroom.
With the rapid development in information and communication technologies various changes have been made in terms of the methods in the teaching and learning process.
Anatomy instruction has had the added privilege of videos and lecture recording, computer-assisted learning, in addition to internet resources like Google, Wikipedia, and anatomy dedicated websites.
In the last decade online social networks (OSN) have attracted a huge following amongst university students and became an integral part of their daily lives. Thus, it can be assumed that they have a potential to improve learning.
http://www.zeppfeed.com/story/817/college-expectation-vs-reality
The widespread use of intelligent mobile handheld devices increased the popularity of OSN and provided a newly emerging tool of multimedia learning. Educators need to accommodate the attitudes, expectations and learning style of the 21 century generation.
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This is the opinion of one of my student’s in UAE back in 2014. Sabah: “The first thing you do when you wake up in the morning is check your phone, and the last thing you do before you go to sleep is check your phone. So basically, having something to study on your phone is very useful”.
This is an unprompted justification of using mobile devices in learning. Perry in his article in the Chronicle of Higher Education “Go where the students are” stated that “Perhaps if I go where my students are, they will move closer to where I'd like them to be.”
http://www.appappeal.com/articles/web-2-0-tag-clouds
Online social networks use Web 2.0 technologies which are characterized by greater interactivity and collaboration. Many believe that OSNs can change the way students learn and communicate, as well as improve interactions between faculty and students.
As of January 2016, Facebook is continuously the leading OSN worldwide followed by YouTube. This is ranked by the number of monthly active users.
http://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2016/02/infographic-the-top-8-social-networking-sites-and-monthly-active-users.html
Compared to population, North America has the highest percentage 59% of active accounts in the world.
Show Facebook in the lead followed by YouTube.
http://canadiansinternet.com/2016-canadian-social-media-use-online-brand-interaction-statistics/
As far as Canadian medical students are concerned, a 2015 article from the Department of Innovation in Medical Education at the University of Ottawa has shown again that Facebook is in the lead with 100% of students having an account followed by YouTube.
In order to adopt OSNs as a platform in education, it is important to understand the extent of their penetration among prospective users. This is a survey of medical students at UoS in UAE, note that there has been a steady increase in the use of OSNs. Facebook has almost approached the ceiling with 99% of students having an account in 2014. The interesting thing is that the percentage of students not using SNSs is now 0%. The percentage of students having more than one account on OSNs has grown to 94%. This significant presence of students on multiple OSNs can be used as integrative or collaborative with each other.
There is no doubt that YouTube has a significant penetration in the lives of many around the globe. It is also important to note that more than half of YouTube views are on mobile devices.
Universities use YouTube to share video content about life, learning and research that takes place on campus.
Perhaps the first institutionalized use of YouTube as an education platform was in Khan Academy.
Videos have long been used in anatomy education to support classroom teaching, for self-directed learning, revision and continuous medical education. Perhaps Dr. Robert Acland, Albert Rhoton, University of Michigan, and Dr. Gita Sinha videos are vivid examples and to name but a few.
Media richness is expected by students to be a part of their learning experience in anatomy. The availability of these media on the go supplements their lifestyle. This is Sulaima: “with my iPad in my hand and I could go forward and backward whenever I wanted, especially that video, I must have watched it three times, taken notes, stopped, paused and everything. During the lecture, you were explaining on the board, I could not see exactly where it was going and I could not follow”.
So what are the advantages of producing more videos and putting them on YouTube?
Putting them there will encourage learners to reflect on the material by commenting, liking or disliking.
Students can build their own playlists by using the “add to” feature so they will have their educational playlists besides the entertainment ones.
Videos can be shared on other OSNs like Facebook and Twitter without losing authorship rights.
A YouTube video offers interactivity by using spotlight annotations whereby a viewer can reveal answers by hovering on some hot spots in the video. In addition, the student can ask questions and start a discussion thread by using the comment option.
YouTube videos become more flexible. They can be used in different context in other courses, besides own for which they were created. This is facilitated by using links that appear at certain time slots within the video; using cards whereby a list of recommended videos is always available by clicking the cards icon. Videos can be arranged and rearranged in multiple playlists e.g. including a knee joint video in the playlist of anatomy of the lower limb and again including it within the playlist of anatomy of musculoskeletal system. By using the YouTube video editor online you may even design another video by arranging clips from several pre-existing videos.
Retain authorship rights: Should any illegal use be detected on YouTube then an immediate action can be taken through copyright infringement notification.
Monitor the performance of the videos and channel using the analytic tool.
It will increase the visibility of the instructor’s work and allows finding new synergies between different departments in the same or different institutes.
The unregulated nature of the information contained within user generated wiki sites is potentially dangerous to those seeking online information. This is one reason we have to interfere. The other reason is to produce videos that match student’s level of anatomy knowledge and the objectives of the course.
The capturing and editing tools are simple and YouTube has simplified things by establishing an online YouTube creator academy with a special session on educational channels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7p9v6TWAUQ
Google Hangout on Air Tutorial
With Hangouts On Air, you can host and broadcast live discussions to a group of students through your YouTube channel. You can also edit and share a copy of the broadcast. As a participant, you can join Hangouts On Air from your computer.
There are ethical considerations surrounding the use of human cadaveric material and its subsequent online display. In the United Kingdom, the General Medical Council (GMC) guidance obliges consent for recordings of the body, organs, or tissues for secondary purposes including teaching and research. If these further purposes could not be foreseen, the making and subsequent display of such images is permissible without consent if the subject remains non-identifiable.
The use of online dissection resources in many other places is currently fraught with uncertainty and care must be taken to ensure we do not compromise on our moral or legal obligations.
It should me mentioned that online anatomy videos should not only be restricted to cadaveric dissection but they also include anatomy drawing screen casts, plastic models, and presentations.
Anatomy education for the YouTube generation: Technical, ethical, and educational considerations (pages 496–497)
George W. Miller and Thomas L. Lewis, Version of Record online: 27 MAY 2016 | DOI: 10.1002/ase.1622
Here are some examples of using YouTube to publically broadcast dissection videos in the United States and Canada.
Of all social media, most medical students use Facebook and spend a considerable time on it every day.
Therefore, Facebook is the logical place to integrate SNSs into teaching and learning.
Establish relationships with students through university Facebook Pages.
Students’ collaboration not only for social reasons but for informal learning purposes.
Through faculty guidance it can be used to support classroom teaching and this is what I am going to illustrate.
Timeline (personal profile)
Group
Page e.g. the Human Anatomy Education Page
The Facebook platform, as such, can support classroom-based teaching with comments, links, questions, pictures, videos and interactions. In the provided model of the anatomy Page, post categories included self-assessment questions, links to online resources (videos, websites, and books), explanatory comments, arts and history in relation to anatomical sciences, documentation of in-class anatomy-related activities, and subject-related humor. The page was integrated with a Twitter account and the YouTube channel.
According to in-class surveys, the three most wanted post categories were self-assessment, explanatory comments and video links. On the other hand, in an ongoing study on the engagement of UoS students, the highest percentage of likes was for humor and activities posts while the highest percentage of comments and discussions was for the question posts. This pattern of engagement reflects the concern about formal aspects of learning without giving up the social aspects.
Launched in late 2015. It is comparable to what you get from Twitter’s Periscope. However, it is understood that Facebook’s real advantage is its massive audience: at over 1.5bn monthly active users, it is far larger than Snapchat or Periscope.
Facebook noticed a higher engagement on live videos than pre-recorded ones, with 10 times more people commenting on livestreams.
It might have potentials to engage more students on an educational page.
Running a faculty-administered Group or Page entails recognizing your goals and understanding the capabilities and limitations of the options offered by each.
In an educational context, a Group would be more suitable for serving the objectives of a single course throughout a specific time interval. On the other hand, a Page can serve a wider audience in terms of time and place. Thus, a Page can continue serving audience and become a resource of continuing education for basic medical sciences during the clinical years and afterward. In a Page, students can engage with peers apart from the in-class students; thus, enhancing the educational experience to much beyond the four walls of the classroom.
Students perceived the anatomy Page to be effective in contributing to their learning experience. This effect was achieved mainly by making anatomy learning more interesting and challenging and improving exam self-confidence. Most of the students also reported that the Page increased understanding, widened knowledge in general issues in relation to anatomy, allowed them to communicate with the tutor on academic matters, increased discussions with colleagues on issues posted on the Page
Other studies have shown that Facebook in an educational setting motivates students’ interaction and collaboration. Facebook may prepare medical students to go on to use more professionally oriented social networking sites for lifelong learning and communication.
Facebook supports innovative learning approaches and can deliver more media richness which students expect to be a part of their learning experience in anatomy.
To some students, Facebook is considered as more of a distraction than a learning tool. Studies are conflicting; some reported that Facebook use among university students does not seem to have a negative impact. Others who reported a negative impact on students cited procrastination behavior on their part. In a study including the Human Anatomy Education Page, there was a profound engagement of the high performers which supported the notion that Facebook could be a suitable platform to engage students in an educational context.
http://www.sugarspunmarketing.com/blog/how-to-avoid-distractions-at-work/#.VRGfcvnF-So
Since some students might not be comfortable with any privacy trespassing, the integration of Facebook into the teaching and learning process can still impose the privacy issue as an obstacle. Most of UoS students were open towards the instructional use of Facebook in anatomy. They were aware of Facebook privacy settings, which indicated that they were relatively safe from potential pitfalls of social networking.
Furthermore, measures should be taken to educate students about the main principles of ethics and etiquette on SNSs. This will guide the students to deal with these sites in a more professional way during their future career. Some studies have shown that instructors being digital immigrants have also expressed concerns about own privacy issues.
With a good control of privacy options you may accept friend requests from students.
Faculty self-disclosure through Facebook has a positive impact on student motivation, affective learning, classroom climate, and course outcomes.
Provide an opportunity to guide students in their responsible use of Facebook technology
Use of social media contributes to blended learning and student centered education and culminates in flipping classrooms.
Can release instructors from being drained by covering much of the theory that would otherwise create a huge lecturing load.
Teaching can be transformed into being interpretive, rather than merely descriptive
Social media are no more a site merely for social activities.
Instructors are encouraged to make the “smart” move to boost learning of the Net generation.
Technological tools cannot completely replace but they support practical sessions and classroom interactive teaching.
Production tools are simple and low cost but the creation of videos and continuity of posts require extra time and effort by the faculty.
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