TUT's TLwT approach to Social Media

1. Social media in HE:
Where and how does TLwT get involved
Marius Pienaar (Instructional Designer)

2. Articles
E-Learning Trends for Higher Ed - Bridget McCrea
Head in the Clouds? Ten Free Web 2.0 Tools to Support Faculty Research - G. Andrew Page
Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom - Karen Lederer
How Higher Education Uses Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] - Matt Silverman
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

3. Introduction
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

4. • Enriches the learning experience: students and lecturers connect and interact in new,
exciting ways.
• Social media sites provide a platform to dialog, exchange ideas, and find answers to
questions.
• students arrive on campus, fluent in Web and social networking technologies. Educators
can leverage this knowledge to enrich the learning experience.
• With social media, instructors can foster collaboration and discussion.
• Social media can increase student engagement and build better communication skills.
Advantages of Social Media in HE (in a nutshell)
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

5. • Social media sites can enhance communication among students and teachers:
• Educators can answer students’ questions via a Facebook page or Twitter feed
• Post homework assignments and lesson plans
• Send messages and updates
• Schedule or announce upcoming events
• Share interesting Web sites and multimedia content
• Students can use Twitter to get help from instructors or other students.
Advantages of Social Media in HE (in a nutshell)
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

6. Preparing Students for Successful Employment
•Students entering the workforce can use social networking sites to networknetwork and findfind
employmentemployment. With LinkedIn, students can establish a professional web presenceprofessional web presence, post a
resume, research a target company or university, and connectconnect with other job seekers and
employers.
•University career centres and alumni associations are using Twitter to broadcast jobbroadcast job
openings and internshipsopenings and internships.
•Students should followfollow businesses or professional organisations on Facebook and Twitter to
stay updated on new opportunities and important developments in their field.
Advantages of Social Media in HE
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

7. It facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and
collaboration on the World Wide Web.
A central characteristic is the ability of the users to own and exercise control over the data
on the web.
Web 2.0 tools are enabling people to effectively communicate and construct knowledge,
troubleshoot common enigmas, and collaborate in ways that give their previously unheard
voice more than a mere echo or some false illusion of truth on the horizon.
Web 2.0 / Cloud computing
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

8. Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved
Web 2.0 / Cloud computing
Example

9. The disadvantages are merely challenges to overcome, not roadblocks to usage.
Advantages of Social Media in HE
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

10. 5 e-learning trends to watch
Digital texts will continue to gain ground
e-readers will make their debut in more classrooms
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

11. 5 e-learning trends to watch
Distance learning programs will increase
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

12. 5 e-learning trends to watch
The online learning environment will be more personalized
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

13. 5 e-learning trends to watch
Faculty will use even more mobile technology and apps
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

14. 5 e-learning trends to watch
IT tools and programs will become more tightly integrated
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

15. Becoming reliant on information and communication technologies to address systemic and
distinct educational problems through greater communication, interaction, and inquiry.
Increasingly more researchers are integrating Web 2.0 technologies with research methods.
However, while there are a multitude of tools, which tools are appropriate?
21st
century research
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

16. Some free Web 2.0 tools
•Create fast and easy bibliographies
•Brainstorming made simple
•Visual data
•Flow charts
• Easily store references you find online
• Discover new articles and resources
• Automated article recommendations
• Share references with your peers
• Find out who’s reading what you’re reading
• Store and search your PDFs
21st
century research
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

17. Some free Web 2.0 tools
• Store files, links, ideas
• Collaborate with others by sharing info
• Publish opinions on contributions of others
• Save and organize links to your references
• Easily share references with colleagues
• Access references from any computer
• Interactive, dynamic data visuals
• Trend analysis
• Statistical analysis
• Co-construction and online creation
• Manuscripts, interview transcripts, spread sheets, presentations, etc.
21st
century research
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

18. Some free Web 2.0 tools
• Sharing, building online research libraries
• Collaboration.
• Mind maps
• Schematic diagrams
• Bibliographic plugin for organizing research
21st
century research
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved

19. How TUT should get involved
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved
In the classroom
Class announcements and discussions should be
shared on sites like Facebook and Twitter
Lecturers should share learning materials
and more on blogs and networking sites

20. How TUT should get involved
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved
Pride
TUT should create Facebook pages
to encourage the university’s
spirit
Free university materials should
be online

21. How TUT should get involved
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved
Potential students
TUT should offer virtual tours that
include 360° images and videos
TUT can reach out to potential
students who mention them on
Twitter or Facebook or comment on
TUT’s blog

22. How TUT should get involved
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved
Professional development
Lecturers learn more about their
industries and fields of expertize
through social venues
Lecturers can network with
other academics

23. How TUT should get involved
Social media in HE: Where and how does TLwT get involved
General outreach
Social sites provide a platform to
promote activities, receive feedback and
start conversation
TUT can reach out to parents, sponsors
and the community and keep them up-
to-date
Alumni groups can connect and
grow