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Masters in Media and Creative Enterprise at Birmingham School of Media and English, UK

Acknowledgements I wish to express my genuinethanks to Birmingham School of Media and English,faculty for educational support and helpful editorialand intellectual inputs throughout the process ofcompiling this report. Also I would like to thank all myclassmates from ,Intake Feb2011.

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Understanding the different useful angles of Facebook

Scaling pedagogical benefits

Understanding the knowledge of application using Case Study

In turn develop an awareness on this thought with logical chunking of available information on internet.

PURPOSE

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DEC 2011: Academic Project Presentation: Masters in Media and Creative Enterprise: Birmingham School of Media Powered by - Mrunal BhongaleC

FACEBOOK and KEY FINDINGS• Use of Each Social Media Platform • Facebook Users by Age• Ratio of Heavy Media Users• Effect of Mobile Devices• Facebook Features• Means for a Real Conversation

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH - Link Between Facebook And Classroom• Difference In Interactions• 50 Reasons to Involve FB In Class• Learning Styles• Steps to Turn Facebook Into Opportunities• Privacy Priorities

CASESTUDY - Endeavor - An Attempt to Achieve Something!• Methodology• Observations• Using FB as Student• Using FB as Student with Knowledge of Usability Standard• My Definition of Literacy in 21st Century• Some Observations for Faculty• Steps to Proceed• Others Opinions 1,2

•Project Poster•We Shared Life

CONTENTS

Estimated Time 30 Minutes

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Use of Each Social Media PlatformImplementing social media sites in theclassroom can encourage discussion onthe material both inside and outside ofthe classroom.Source : University of New Hampshire

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Percentage of Students Who Use Each Social Media Platform

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Facebook Users by Age More than 800 million active usersMore than 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given dayAverage user has 130 friendsSource : insidefacebook.com

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Use of Facebook Users by Age(1/1/2010)

13-17: 11%

18-25: 29%

26-34: 23%

35-44: 18%

45-54: 12%

55-65: 7%

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Ratio of Heavy Media UsersSocial media can promote active learning by helping students relate to course material to their own experiences in and out of the classroomSource : University of New Hampshire

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Heavy Social Media Users

Lower Grades

Higher Grades



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Effect of Mobile DevicesPeople that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice more active on Facebook that non-mobile users.



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Facebook Features

Keep in touch with your old friends and meet new ones• Private and public messaging options• Keep tabs on what your friends do via their News feed• Find former schoolmates using the search feature• User groups let you discuss with others who share your interests

Keep them informed about what you do• Update your status• Share your pictures, blog messages and videos• Promote events you are organizing or planning to attend

Access a wealth of applications made for all purposes• Fun, interactive applications• Applications that let you publish content (photos, videos, notes…)• Applications linked to other platforms (Flicker, Twitter…)

Access Retain your privacy• Control what strangers and friends may see and read about you• Control over the participants in group.• Control over the content display/publishing

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Facebook provides the means for a real conversation

• The conversation is multi-media, with theuse of words, drawings, pictures, videos...

• The conversation is both verbal and non-verbal, through dedications(songs), gestures(pokes) and emotions(gifts, feelings)

• It can be either instantaneous (with chatapplications and presence indicators) orasynchronous (with wall posts, messages)

• The conversation takes place between realpersonas (few hidden identities with avatarsor nicknames) and without outsideintervention(no moderation or censorship)

• It respects the user's privacy if they sodesire: only 1 in 10 users changes his/herprivacy settings.

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Facebook Lets Users Have

Multi-Dimensional

Conversations

Interact Using Applications

Share Photos and Videos

Exchange messages using combined

web tools

Manage and Promote

upcoming events



PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH : LINK BETWEEN FACEBOOK and CLASSROOM

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INTERACTIONS

• Teacher offers tentative readings and lesson guidelines• Student reflects, responds, and produces writing• Students work becomes course reading and

determines lesson specifics• Students evaluate their and fellow students writing

and dialogue with teacher about their success

• Teacher Chooses assignment and readings• Teacher predetermines lesson content• Student consumes this & produces an "Outcome“• Teacher informs students of their level of success

Source: ECCTYC 2009 Conference: Pathways to community, English Council of California,A pedagogical approach

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• Facebook is fun• It's free• Students are simply more connected• Calendars and events are super easy to share• Students will learn 21st century skills• Students want to share beyond the classroom Online

resources are even more convenient• Students can use Facebook productively• Absent students stay in the loop• Campus clubs have a simple forum• You can schedule daily learning activities• Facebook encourages collaboration rather than cliques• There's an opportunity to discuss appropriate use• Facebook creates a social bond• Students can get access to extra assignments• Review material is easily organized• It's great for professional development• Students can listen more actively• Parents can be more involved• Class resources are available anywhere• You can reach students on to go• Students can learn about social media in a safe environment• You'll save paper• Students can conduct research• Facebook is great for reminders

• Students can share at-home progress• Social media becomes less of a distraction• Shy students can shine• You can share resources with colleagues• Kids and parents can talk about activities• Media can be disseminated with ease• Group projects can be executed on Facebook• Show and tell• Debates can be taken online• Students are more likely to interact with faculty• Outsiders can offer their input• Students can learn the importance of creating content• Faculty can learn names and faces• Students can interact with others around the world• Facebook can help new students settle in• You can poll students on Facebook• You can get instant feedback• Students can stay connected anywhere• Instructors can better understand the interests of students• Facebook is full of learning apps• Relationships can continue after the course• Students can become established on Facebook• Facebook provides an opportunity for collaborative learning• Students can learn about academic and professional • Networking Opportunities• Faster feedback

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Source: www.onlinecollege.org


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• Encourage “expert” presentations• Elicit personal examples during class discussion• Incorporate students’ lives into reading and

writing assignments• Assign self reflective informal writing• Tap into students’ desire for publicity


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CLASSROOMPEDAGOGICAL APPROACH 5 – PRIVACY PRIORITIES

• Explore Facebook privacy settings as it has amazing options.• No need to be friends with each other to be in same group.• Activity can be leaded by one or two of the promising student in

the class under the guidance of professor. Or else…• Create a teacher profile separate from your personal profile


CASESTUDYEndeavor - An Attempt to Achieve Something!

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Group 1 Created parallel to classroom activity where I was physically involved in the class as a student.

Group 2 Created parallel to classroom activity of junior students where I was physically NOT involved in the class as a student however know the content and aware of recent events.

Group 3 Created to check the possibility of delivering a content as mode of distance learning and identifying the difficulties .

Group 4 Created to make notes in routine project activity

Page 1 Created to add relevant references for research

Purposefully Not involved the FB in a class and observed the difficulties.


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Using FB as Student:

• Effective Communication• Easy sharing and access to references• Team Building Exercise• 24/7 connection with class and faculty• Flexible learning hours• Motivation to perform consistently• Exposure to other cultures (Important for international Students)• Utilizing unproductive hrs of travel etc.• Creating notes with active links• Flexible privacy setting• Easy access to past posts• Effective communication with faculty• Reduces time on personal tutorials• Hard to avoid DISTRACTIONS. However, Mature students can handle it.


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Using FB as Student with Knowledge of Usability Standard:

Facebook almost has all the features of LMS (Learning Management System).

A FB group is effective tool for group communication and few enhancements in usabilityfeatures will make it more effective.

For education purpose we must have a added facility of creating a “Class” may be, whichwill have few features from Pages and Few features from Group . This will help Facebookto grow as effective medium in education.

I have not included detailed usability features as this is not my purpose here but caneffectively communicate in case of need.

This activity should be conducted by some one who is enthusiastic student in class andcan consult professor to make it happening place.


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My Definition of Literacy in 21st Century:

Learning multimedia basics will be basic requirement for students or maybe an urgent requirement in developed countries. Every student shouldlearn how to edit images, create graphics, preparepresentations, develop animations, edit videos and in all should learn toUse social media effectively.


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Some Observations for faculty:

Students are digital Natives, used to modern technologies and new means ofcommunication and as such they would adapt quickly to the use of Facebook asa working tool.

Though students do not see Facebook as an useful work tool yet (54% of therespondents), it should not be overlooked, as they lack perspective

Given the right incentive and evolution of the platform, they could adaptquickly and turn Facebook into a productive tool:

• Nurturing Connections that could be useful to their company• Organizing themselves and creating work groups dedicated to a specificproject


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Some Observations for faculty:

Proposed Age Group: This is easy to conduct with Mature students as they are aware about the norms in communication in social media and are aware of privacy statements, which makes life easy.

Privacy Settings: No need to be friends with every student as people can be a part of a group with out being in friendliest of each other.

May be you can start this as open group activity and ask people to join in and once all are on board, you can change it to a secrete group.

Activity can be leaded by one or two of the promising student in the class under the guidance of professor.Or else a Create a teacher profile separate from your personal profile.

Follow Students Activities: It will help them to understand/track the students activities as routine.

Communication: Flexible and informal communication will help them to handle the class more effectively.

Time Effective: It will help them to reduce on personal tutorial activity with each student as most of the students have similar pattern of enquiries and can be solved in one go.

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Create a group of FBPost parallel activities to class readingsProvoke people to be active on it.Try to develop the environment of learn with funUnderstand the psychology of everyone.Develop the team building techniques of communicationEncourage “expert” presentationsElicit personal examples during class discussionIncorporate students’ lives into reading and writing assignmentsAssign self reflective informal writingTap into students’ desire for publicity

Once they are in active then no need to worry, the FB environment on its own will drive it

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Student 1: Its been great for getting to know each other better, its useful to come to ask a questionabout our work as everyone is in the one place. Its been a powerful tool for encouraging each other

Faculty 1: I have found it helpful to stay in touch with your activities (not spying, honest!).

Student 2: Using Facebook as an educational aid is something I would describe as a pleasure and ameans to interact with other students. for me, it motivates me to complete weekly objectives.

Student 3: I think FB is a good tool to keep in touch with others. FB has notifications which are goodto get updated quickly. FB has some apps like "Ask question" which is excellent for survey / asking forideas. However, it also depends on the habit of each person. Sometimes I open FB when I havefinished my work, and think "oh now time to relax". So don't really want to do something so seriousand important on FB. Also because using FB tends not to be a working place, so sometimes you loosethe chances to interact with some people (for example: Matt may not check FB very frequently). Afterall, I think your idea is great. You could even suggest this to Facebook so that they can improve andadd specific functions for online learning :)

Student 4: I would say that FB is just another way to stay in touch with my networks. So far, I havebeen using the archived info for a few ideas, but I've been limiting myself to that. As Maggie pointedout, its great for surveys, although I haven't used them for collecting academic data. FB can neverreally be a study tool for me. It's because I've got too many distractions here.

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Student 6: I found it 50/50. I use Facebook solely as a means to stay in touch with friends, which iswhy I like it. it's stress free, so to bring school to Facebook was quite unnerving for me because Ikinda felt like my social life was being invaded by work. I also think if this was brought into schools itcould open a door to a whole new level of cyber bullying...maybe. on the other hand though, it isgood to have an area where people check constantly where you know your questions will beanswered and also to have a place where people can update everyone on their work.

Student 6: I think face book is a very powerful platform. Easier platform to keep in touch. it's amazinghow everyone's life is a update here. Your never away gem the world. I found fronds after 10yrs whowent junior school with me. It's also amazing cause u can categorize ppl on privacy bases. Never reallyfeel violated. it's very user friendly. It's a multiple cultural country by itself. Games are a variety overhere. As per having an educational platform , I think it will b cool and different . It's available toeveryone and updates are always notified immediately. Everyone's get a smart Phone these days sowhere ever they are it's available to them. Never away from the world*

Student 7: I think its a very useful tool especially for staying up-to-date with our work in-progress. Theconnectivity value is invaluable as it encourages connections, allowing you to stay in contact withfriends, colleagues, lecturers, and employers. (Builds networks!) I also agree with Matt, in the sensethat I would use it as a way in which to stay in touch with friends, more so. Having said this, I havefound (through this project) that it can be an excellent platform to aid the marketing process. I thinkmany companies are lacking in promotion via platforms such as FB, and utilizing such a tool, can reallyboost the marketing of a company, product etc. And again, I think it shows advances in particularfeatures such as the surveys, which are quick, and serve there purpose well. Personally, I think I'm50/50 with it - as it can prove massively effective, but can also be quite the distraction too!

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Poster Design created in form of “Facebook Page” to display the project content in the University.


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I Forget what I was taught,

I only remember what I've learnt.

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