1. Using Web 2.0 Tools In Education STEM Discipline

2. Workshop Overview

3. Programme 1:00pmRegistration and Lunch 1:30pmIntroduction To The Higher Education Academy 1:45pmWhat Do We Mean By Social Media? 2:00pmSocial Media In Education And The Student Experience 2:10pmBest Practice For Using Social Tools 2:25pmOverview Of The Main Social Tool Types 2:45pmGroup Activity 3:30pmPlenary 4:00pmTime For Discussion 4:30pmFinish 3

4. My role here is as a facilitator… interested in this area from a practitioner viewpoint Your role is to get involved, ask questions, share ideas… and to discuss this workshop with your colleagues! There are no right and wrong answers about how to best use social media with your particular student cohort! Important Note 4

5. Social Media

6. The official (advertised) title of this workshop is “Using Web 2.0 Tools In Education (Social Networking etc)” There are various (largely synonymous) terms for Web 2.0: Participatory Media User Generated Content Semantic Web For consistency, this workshop will use the term social media. Using Web 2.0 Tools… 6

7. Social Media The phenomenon of Internet services where the online content is generated by users of the service Social Tools The Internet service technologies used where the online content is generated by users of the service Social Media Definitions 7

8. Charts the online conversations across social media Visualises the online conversations impacting a brand that are not being observed by that brand The Conversation Prism (2008) http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism 8

9. The Social Media Conversation 9

10. 10 There Are Lots Of Social Tools http://www.go2web20.net

11. Social Media In Education

12. Likely part of standard student expectations Social tools are now used heavily during recruitment of students Difficult for universities to replicate social media using their own internal institutional resources Social Media Revolution Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng Do Students Expect Social Tools?

13. It’s not about whether to use tools or which tools to use - it's about when to use them (or when not to). There are many factors involved, such as: Managing the student experience Empowering student-led learning by enhancing peer education Being aware of copyright and content licensing issues. Asking about efficiency. Does social media save time? Why Use Social Tools?

14. Old teaching practices may not transfer directly to social media: Principles and laws change when objects become digital Filter on the way out not on the way in Categorisation is doomed in the digital world 14 What’s Special About Social Tools?

15. Google survey of 2,700 professionals across France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK (May 2012) suggests that social tools are increasingly being used in industry: Used to find people, information and expertise (41%) Used to collaborate and share knowledge (37%) Used to reduce the length and volume of emails (31%) 15 Preparing Students For Employment http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/Journals/2012/05/16/Google-Social- Infographic-FINAL.pdf

16. Students need to use social media to market themselves (and become employable) 16 Social Media For Marketing http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/26/employers-warned-facebook- login-details 91% of employers screen candidates using social networking sites http://mashable.com/2011/10/23/how-recruiters-use-social-networks-to-screen-candidates- infographic/

17. Best Practice For Using Social Tools

18. Residents And Visitors Continuum Of How People Use Social Tools Understanding The Mindset David White, Alison Le Cornu (2011) Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement. First Monday, Vol. 16, No. 9

19. The question is whether to assess or not to assess… Recommendations when using social media are: -Integrate this into the assessment for the module -Weight the assessment at 15% to 30% 19 Assessment Options

20. Recommendations for using social tools include: Provide initial low-risk opportunities for practice Be resident in the service yourself Encourage collaboration through learning design but don't force "friendship” Provide clear guidelines to expectations of use and deadlines for any assessment 20 Best Practice Social Tool Use (1)

21. Recommendations include: Research what policies (if any) are in place for social media use at your institution Consider your colleague's reactions to the use of new technologies in learning and teaching (Hints: read research evidence, perform a risk assessment, have a backup plan) Fade into the background as quickly as possible 21 Best Practice Social Tool Use (2)

22. Overview Of The Main Social Tools

23. Social Networking: Facebook And Beyond Blogging Wikis Social Bookmarking, Citation And Annotation Document Sharing Mind Mapping Curation Conferencing Note: The social tools are just a means to an end! Categories Of Social Tools

24. Students generally familiar with sites such as Facebook, but don’t always like education engaging into their personal space. 24 Social Networking

25. Wordpress.com commonly used. 25 Blogging

26. Used for collaborative development of resources 26 Wikis

27. Used to collaboratively find and tag useful content 27 Social Bookmarking

28. Allows distributed collaboration by students to produce documents 28 Document Sharing

29. Students can generate, visualise, structure and classify ideas 29 Mind Mapping mind42.com

30. Collect information and add to it in an editorial fashion 30 Curation http://pinterest.com/kidplanet/science-science-fiction

31. Conference tools can be used for blended learning and visual demonstrations, such as a webinars 31 Conferencing anymeeting.com

32. Group Activity

33. 1. What advantages might there be in adopting social tools in your teaching? 2. What changes to your existing teaching are needed to facilitate incorporating social tools? 3. What steps do you need to take to achieve the changes you have identified? 4. How will you measure the effectiveness of any changes introduced? Questions For Discussion 33

34. Plenary Session

35. 1. Main advantages and disadvantages of using social media… 2. Specific examples of new teaching practices… 3. Main problems to overcome… 4. Timetable for change… And? Areas To Review 35

36. Time For Discussion