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Faculty Members and Academic TechnologyServices Professionals:
Paula Dagnon, Peter Agras, Kevin Dixeyand Karen Hoelscher
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How Can Social Media BeUsed Effectively in Higher
Education?
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First a bit of background…
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Social media growth from 2006 to 2012
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These seven social media sites combine for an estimated 2 billion
accounts in 2012
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The average compound annual growth rate of these social media
sites was 900% between 2006 and 2012
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Facebook alone has 1 billion registered users and accounts for
11.5% of the global population
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Population 7.125 Billion
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But all the knowledge is just sittingon the internet just waiting to be
found!
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10
Right?
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No
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There is a new cultureof learning
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The old ways of learning are unable to keepup with our rapidly changing world.
(Thomas & Seeley Brown, 2011,location 577)
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(Thomas & Seeley Brown, 2011,location 577)
New media forms are making peer-to-peer learning easier and more natural.
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(Thomas & Seeley Brown, 2011,location 577)
Peer-to-peer learning is amplified byemerging technologies that shape
the collective nature of participation withthose new media
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According to Vygotsky, “Every function
in the child's cultural developmentappears twice:
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first, on the social level and, later on,on the individual level…
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…first, between people(interpsychological) and then inside
the child (intrapsychological).”
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Change Theory
NEED DEFINITION!!
Three themes from paperIncrease in collaboration from social mediaIncrease in interactionRethink pedagogy
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Mostly quantitative Survey sent toall faculty and students using Canvas
17 questions; 5 Likert-type items
Asked about the use of sociallyoriented tools in Canvas
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• n=75
• 45.3% from Humanities and Social Sciences
• 54.7% of respondents using Canvas for the first time in Spring 13
StudentsFaculty
Using Canvas for all levels of courses 100 Level-Graduate
• n=113
• 79% from Humanities and Social Sciences
• 54.1% using Canvas for the first time in Spring 13
Demographics
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Use of Social Media
• YouTube or other video sharing tools53%
• Personal networking, such as Facebook48%
• Don’t use social media30%
• Use social media daily63%
• Personal networking, such as Facebook 90.3%
• YouTube or other video sharing tools 74%
• Pinterest or other content sharing tools 52%
• Wordpress34.5%
• Twitter28%
• Don’t use social media 2.7%
• Use social media daily 87%
StudentsFaculty
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I adopted more socially oriented tools andincorporated more interactive activities in my
Canvas course than I did in myprevious courses.
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More socially oriented tools and activities were incorporated into my courses using Canvas than in
previous courses.
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When working in Canvas,did you reconsider your pedagogical
approaches to include socialmedia tools?
Explain.
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“YES.I have been thinking about including elements from
Canvas to better facilitate teaching-learning process.”
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“YES.I have been thinking about including elements from
Canvas to better facilitate teaching-learning process.”
“YES. Attempting to get students to work more collaboratively
using online tools. Teaching one another, etc.”
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“YES.I have been thinking about including elements from
Canvas to better facilitate teaching-learning process.”
“YES. Attempting to get students to work more collaboratively
using online tools. Teaching one another, etc.”
“NOT YET. I WILL THOUGH. My students already use Google Docs and Facebook
to collaborate and communicate, especially forgroup projects.”
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When working in Canvas,did you reconsider your pedagogical
approaches to include socialmedia tools?
Explain.
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“NO.It's a strange line between professional and personal,and I lean toward keeping them separate. I do have a
"professional" account on Facebook, but I haven't seen any pedagogical reason to use it in the classroom.”
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“NO.It's a strange line between professional and personal,and I lean toward keeping them separate. I do have a
"professional" account on Facebook, but I haven't seen any pedagogical reason to use it in the classroom.”
“NO. I don't feel the need for additional technological tools
that would invariably displace low-tech techniquesI regularly use.”
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“NO.It's a strange line between professional and personal,and I lean toward keeping them separate. I do have a
"professional" account on Facebook, but I haven't seen any pedagogical reason to use it in the classroom.”
“NO. I don't feel the need for additional technological tools
that would invariably displace low-tech techniquesI regularly use.”
“I have considered using social media tools but havethus far shied away from it. I feel that using such tools
would put students who do not use them ina difficult position.”
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Implications
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What’s next?
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