Curriculum Development: Social Media Decision- Making Cards Fiona Handley, CLT Marion Curdy, IS

Planning on using social media?

The 6 Key Steps to Blended Learning 1.Identify the learning objectives 2.Look at the curriculum to decide what is best face-to-face and what is best online 3. Consider the integration and relationship between face-to-face and eLearning 4.Develop the most appropriate eLearning activities to achieve the learning objectives 5.Decide how you will assess these activities 6.Choose the most appropriate technology

Extra issues to consider when using social media Preparation - student briefing and technical set up time and effort Learning potential – commenting? collaboration? feedback? Digital footprint Ownership of data, access to data, analytics Technical support available from LTAs The social media site’s terms and conditions The University’s Social Media policy and guidance

Social media policy at Brighton University social media policy and guidelines are available here: ded-learning/blended-learning- policies/social-media-policy-and-guidelines/ ded-learning/blended-learning- policies/social-media-policy-and-guidelines/ And of-external-services/ of-external-services/ And ile-policy-guidelines-and-device-support/ ile-policy-guidelines-and-device-support/

The Decision-Making Cards The ‘cards’ on the following slides have been created to help you in your decision making about using social media in your teaching, learning, and assessment The scales for each criteria run from 1-5 with 5 being high/positive They are guidance tools rather than being prescriptive To print them out, choose print handouts ‘Print 4 slides horizontal’ from Print Settings. For any further guidance on decision making around social media please contact your LTA hing/Pages/Learning-Technologies- Advisers.aspx hing/Pages/Learning-Technologies- Advisers.aspx

Twitter Familiarity - 4 Preparation needed - 4 Engaging to use - 4 Learning potential - 3 Digital footprint - 5 Data owned by UoB - 1 Staff access to data - 1 Technical support available - 2

Pinterest Familiarity - 4 Preparation needed - 4 Engaging to use - 5 Learning potential - 2 Digital footprint - 5 Data owned by UoB - 1 Staff access to data - 1 Technical support available - 2

Studentcentral wiki Familiarity – 2 Preparation needed - 1 Engaging to use - 2 Learning potential - 5 Digital footprint - 2 Data owned by UoB - 5 Staff access to data - 5 Technical support available - 5

Facebook Familiarity - 5 Preparation needed - 2 Engaging to use - 5 Learning potential - 3 Digital footprint - 5 Data owned by UoB - 1 Staff access to data - 1 Technical support available - 2

studentfolio Familiarity - 3 Preparation needed - 5 Engaging to use - 4 Learning potential - 4 Digital footprint - 3 Data owned by UoB - 5 Staff access to data - 5 Technical support available - 5

Edublogs blog Familiarity - 4 Preparation needed - 2 Engaging to use - 4 Learning potential - 4 Digital footprint - 3 Data owned by UoB - 5 Staff access to data - 5 Technical support available - 5

Studentcentral discussion board Familiarity - 2 Preparation needed - 1 Engaging to use - 2 Learning potential - 5 Digital footprint - 1 Data owned by UoB - 5 Staff access to data - 5 Technical support available - 5

Studentcentral blog Familiarity - 3 Preparation needed - 1 Engaging to use - 1 Learning potential - 4 Digital footprint - 2 Data owned by UoB - 5 Staff access to data - 5 Technical support available - 5

LinkedIn Familiarity - 4 Preparation needed - 4 Engaging to use - 4 Learning potential - 2 Digital footprint - 5 Data owned by UoB - 1 Staff access to data - 1 Technical support available - 2

Instagram Familiarity - 4 Preparation needed - 4 Engaging to use - 4 Learning potential - 2 Digital footprint - 5 Data owned by UoB - 1 Staff access to data - 1 Technical support available - 2