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USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

DR. VANESSA P. DENNEN

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

PRESENTATION TO JUNIOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

MARCH 8, 2013

Associate Professor of Instructional Systems @ FSU Teach courses in:

•  Social media •  Mobile learning •  Learning theory •  Research methods

Research: •  Social media and mobile learning •  Online learning communities •  Online knowledge networks/knowledge

management These slides at: www.slideshare.net/vanessadennen My web site: meme.coe.fsu.edu/vanessa

ABOUT ME

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

What kinds of PD have you engaged in recently? For many educators, PD is something they ATTEND, but not something they CREATE or INITIATE

How do you define PD? And does that form of PD meet all of your professional growth or learning needs?

EVERYDAY LIFE

When you have a problem to solve, where do you seek an answer?

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LEARNING WITH ONLINE NETWORKS/RESOURCES

THE 4 CS OF ONLINE PD

Colleagues Communication

Collaboration Contribution

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You create a Personal Learning Network (PLN)

COLLEAGUES

Traditional definition: the people with whom you interact at work Who will your online colleagues be?

• May replicate regular work networks • May develop new networks

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ELEMENTS OF PD COMMUNITY

Online PD Network

Online Peers

Experts

Local Peers

COMMUNICATION

•  Lurk/Follow? •  Ask questions? •  Provide advice? •  Provide support? •  Socialize?

How will you interact with the network?

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COLLABORATION

Working with others & crowdsourcing

Can you solve problems with(in) your network?

from flickr user adesigna

CONTRIBUTION How? • Rate • Comment • Guide • Share

Key Issue: Reciprocity

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THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO SHARE AT OUR FINGERTIPS

CREATING YOUR PLN

There’s so much out there … how do you begin? Consider the following dimensions:

NEED TOOL LEVEL OF INVESTMENT

•  Knowledge •  Resources •  Community •  Advice •  Attention

Is it interactive? Can you archive?

How much time and energy do you have to cultivate the network? To build trust? Engage in reciprocity?

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONCERNS

Two core issues for most teachers: 1. How do you give proper attribution to others? 2. How do you encourage others to give you proper attribution?

creativecommons.org

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creativecommons.org

SOME TOOLS

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coursera.org

pinterest.com

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diigo.com

DIIGO: GROUP PAGE

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DIIGO: BOOKMARK, HIGHLIGHT

DIIGO: STICKY NOTES

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DIIGO: TAGS, WIDGETS

evernote

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slideshare.net

slideshare.net

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OTHER TOOLS Repositories + Communities •  oercommons.org •  merlot.org Twitter •  Crowdsourcing •  Chats •  Following news

Networking •  Academia.edu •  LinkedIn.com

ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & YOU

What might you try? What do you want to learn?

REMINDER: What you get out of the experience is directly related to what you put into it

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Colleagues • Follow others • Do things to

encourage them to follow you

Communication • Don’t be invisible

Collaboration • Seek opportunities to

help others – whether big or small

• Ask for help as you need it

Contribution • Empower yourself –

you have something worth sharing!

• Share your experiences

• Share what you create

TO RECAP

THE END

Contact: vdennen@fsu.edu Slides at: slideshare.net/vanessadennen

Any questions?