Social Media for Teaching & Learning, 18th January 2012

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A collaborative venture between the JISC RSC South West, West Midlands and South East. Live in all 3 venues linked by video conference

Social Media are proliferating at an incredible rate, and increasingly students and educators expect to be able to utilise these for Teaching and Learning. Social Networks are probably the most preeminent Social Media of the age, with Facebook alone claiming 800 active million users and a staggering 900 million objects that users can interact with. You Tube ranks as the third most visited web site, with market share of 43% and 14 billion videos viewed per month. Yet very often Educational Professionals and not fully availed of the pedagocic implications and possibilities of these technologies, and are concurrently frequently misinformed about the potential risks and oportunities of utilising these conduits.

This event, presented jointly by three JISC Regional Support Centres, hopes to provide you with the opportunity to hear first hand about good practice in the UK's post-compulsory education sectors, with presentations from expert users and innovators on the ground, who've accrued direct experience of using these tools at the "chalk face". We have also been very fortunate in securing a keynote address, via video conference from the US, from Linda Fogg Phillips. Linda was commissioned by Facebook to write "Facebook for Educators" and, along with her colleagues is a globally recognised authority (http://facebookforeducators.org/)

Contents 1 Facilitators' details 2 Agenda 3 Presentations 4 Activity outcomes and materials 5 Event feedback form 6 Additional resources and links

Facilitators' details

• Jason Curtis jason.curtis@rsc-wm.ac.uk 01902 518986
• Christa Appleton christa.appleton@rsc-wm.ac.uk 01902 518931

Agenda

Agenda

Presentations

Presentations will be added after the event

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Facebook for Educators, Linda Fogg Phillips Rebecca Ferriday, Cornwall College, 'Facebook: Cornwall College Likes This' Millie Watts, Richard Huish College, The potential for social networks as an educational tool within the FE sector. Elaine Garcia & Melanie Brown, Plymouth College of Art The Use of Blogs in Higher Education Dave Harte, Birmigham City University, Collaborative learning using Posterous, Google Plus, Facebook, Twitter - some observations Dr. Paul Brett, University Of Wolverhampton Making use of Facebook Hubs to work in partnership with students Jon Bernardes and Emma Purnell, University of Wolverhampton, Technology and Social Space, a practical example from a Sociology module Dominique Renault and Roger Emery, Southampton Solent University, Mahara and Social Learning Jade Scutt, Oakleigh Training Collaborative learning and assessment using Social NetworkingUrsula Bailey, Sparsholt College Activity outcomes and materials Social Media event Birmingham. A few photographs from the day will be available on Flickr Flickr.

Event feedback form

Please complete our short online feedback survey, if you attended the event.

(please note the survey is password protected, if you attended the event you will have received an email containing the password)

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SMforTL

Additional resources and links

Our Keynote speaker Linda Fogg-Phillips will provide an on-going service of social media/educational media consulting as needed (at no charge) to all delegates that attended our RSC Social Media event 18 Jan 2012. lindafoggphillips@mac.com

Facebook for Educators - Linda’s website has many useful resources for educators, including a downloadable educators guide and other handouts: http://facebookforeducators.org/

Social Media event Twitter transcript

Emerging Practice in a Digital Age publication and project resources, includes "Students as partners in blended learning" from the University of Wolverhampton (case study 3)

Social Media a JISC overview

LSIS Facebook Briefing paper

RSC eSafety related resources

RSC West Midlands eSafety advice wiki page.

eSafety and the vulnerable learner webinar resources

National RSC eSafety advice wiki.

Additional Presenter Resources

Kindy shared by Bex Ferriday, example of Facebook Safe Use Policy, Cornwall College