2. Overview
About social media
Social media in education
Uses, challenges
Professional use of social media
‘Netiquette’
How can you make useful use of it
And intermittently: a few discussion points
3. Why me?
Teacher at educational sciences
Long experience with social
networks
Active user (abuser?)
4. A few questions to get started
What social media do you use?
What social media do you (consciously)
not use?
… why?
5. Some of the ‘tools’ I use
Youtube
Pinterest
Blogger
Wordpress
Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
Last.fm
Spotify
Wikispaces
Google Docs
Doodle
Dropbox
Socrative
Facebook
Discussion fora
Google Plus
Tumblr
Skype
Reddit
Email
Soundcloud
Ello.co
13. Social media are us
• People Without Facebook Accounts
Are 'Suspicious.‘*
• Consider:
– Anders Breivik used MySpace, not
Facebook
– Aurora movie theater shooter used
Adultfriendfinder, not Facebook
– …
*http://activepolitic.com:82/News/2012-07-25c/Facebook_Abstainers_could_be_labeled_Suspicious.html
You have to be social… the correct way
14. Going offline is suspicious
Source http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-02/to-nab-traders-prosecutors-hit-ctrl-f-for-
suspicious-acronyms
23. The web 2.0 years (2004-now?)
• Social media move to the web
• New tools for interaction
(lots of them)
• Social media use explodes
• Less anonymity
(ongoing process)
24. A definition
Social media is a group of Internet-based
applications that build on the ideological and
technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that
allow the creation and exchange of
User Generated Content.
Kaplan and Haenlein (2010)
25.
26. So what can you actually do with
social media?
• Publishing media – video, text
• Debate, discussion
• Asking others or experts
• Extended and informal communication
• Knowledge construction
• Logistics (e.g. arranging a meeting)
• Crowd sourcing and crowd funding
• Games
29. Social media: possible benefits
in school
• Diversity of methods
– A giant toolbox
• Breaking down school walls
• Facilitate (co-)creation of materials
• Materials can be published for all the world to see
• The development process can be made transparent
31. What is Periscope?
- Live video streaming platform
- Designed to be mobile
- Linked to Twitter (including ‘followers’)
- Live interaction possible
- A lot of potential, but:
- No regulations, yet (legal challenges)
https://www.periscope.tv/
32. Short assignment
- Try to think of some uses of Periscope in
education
- Are the things you think of novel?
- Are the things you think of (potentially)
useful?
We’ll discuss them after a few minutes
33. Social media: challenges
• Misuse or abuse of technology
• (lack of) anonimity
• (lack of) social presence
• ‘Juggling multiple social worlds’
• Invisibility of technology… until something breaks!
34. Real example: Twitter in a classroom
• Sharing
• Meaning
• Communication
• Digital literacy (‘mediawijsheid’)
• Informal interaction
• Research
• And it’s fun!
36. Discussion: does this work for other
social media as well?
• Think of the tools you’re familiar with
• Are they able to connect the classroom to the
world?
• Do they break down school walls?
• Are they as much fun to use in the classroom?
37. Professional use of social media
Be active (don’t just lurk)
Be interesting (you are)
Be humble (or choose not to be)
Be unprofessional (we’ll discuss this in a minute)
Be honest (you’re not that anonymous)
40. Discussion topic
Formal or informal?
“Have you ever noticed that in Hollywood blockbuster films, it's not
usually the handsome guy who ends up with the girl, but rather the
clumsy, charming one? The same goes for Social Media, and
[teachers/schools] would be wise to avoid overly-professional content
offerings.
Instead, try to blend in with other users and don't be afraid to make
mistakes!”
Source: Kaplan & Haenlein (2010)
41. How can you use social media
Valorization
Finding participants
Sharing stuff
Specific networks for researchers (e.g.
Researchgate)
Dissemination
Creating awareness
44. Short (final) assignment
Is social media (part of) the future of
education?
What still needs to be done?
Do you think you can or will use social media
for your own ‘profit’?
45. Conclusions
Social media are pervasive
A lot of potential in education
Very useful for you and me
Don’t always get too personal,
and have fun!