Doing Online Relearning through Information Skills (DORIS): Using Social Media in Higher Education

Learning 2.0, August 21, 2012By Juan D. Machin-Mastromatteo @judamasmas

Core Theories Constructivist learning (Piaget/Dewey) Critical constructivism (Kincheloe, 2005, 2008) Role of social interaction in the development of cognition (Vygotsky, 1978; Ackerman, 1996; Mayer, 2004) Dimensions of learning: cognitive, social, emotional (Illeris, 2003) Information skills: access, use, evaluation (Lau, 2006) Affinity Spaces (Gee, 2009) Participatory Action Research in Education (Freire, Fals-Borda, Whitehead &McNiff, McIntyre, Herr & Anderson)

Brief Epistemological Assumptions The concepts of learning and knowledge are closely connected Knowledge is created through socialization (Vygotsky, 1978; Nonaka& Takeuchi, 1995) and can be discovered (Whitehead &McNiff, 2006) as people possess tacit knowledge within (Polanyi, 1958). Teachers are capable of generating personal theories by systematically studying their practice (Whitehead, 1989)

What significant issues, challenges and opportunities emerge when social media are integrated into learning environments in higher education?a) How do students’ experience learning when they are engaged in a learning activity that integrates social media?b) In what ways is students’ engagement dependent upon their literacies?c) In what way do learning, literacy and social media mutually shape each other?

Machin-Mastromatteo (2010,2011,2012), built upon Bawden& Robinson(2009) Trust Loss of identity Emerging issues Machin-Mastromatteo (2012) Crowdsourcing Decision making  Balance of Quality control identities/voices/roles Users’ satisfaction  Fast changing features Information overload  Need for marketing SN Permanence tools Repackaging  Users’ underestimation Privacy Negative consequences

 Information Literacyas in Zurkowski (1974), Virkus (2003),Tuominen, et al.(2005), Lau (2006)… Digital Literacy (computer, ICT…)asin Shapiro and Hughes (1996), Eshet-Alkalai (2004) New Literaciesas in Lankshear and Knobel (2007)Literacies New Literacies

Participatory Action Research Self and collective reflection on the subject of study Researcher is part of and makes interventions on research Cyclical process of exploration, knowledge construction and action through questioning, reflecting, investigating, developing plan implementing, refining, questioning… (McIntyre, 2008) PAR is a philosophy of life as much as a method, a sentiment as much as a conviction (Fals-Borda, 1997) PAR leads researchers into unfamiliar pathways… think in new ways… generating provocative new ideas. (Whyte, Greenwood, & Lazes, 1989)

 LIS Master Divided in groups Pilot Study (2011), Final Study (2012)

Collection of Data Diagnostic Questionnaire Blog Social Learners’ Input  Class Discussions  Blog  Social Media Sites  Social Learners’ Reports 2nd Questionnaire Interview

1 Introduction Diagnostic Questionnaire / Action Research / Methods / Literacies / SM 2 Access 3 Use 4 Evaluation Issues of SM User practices SM in organizations SM Content curation Information needs inlibraries Creation of SM sites Location / Selection Evaluation of SM Tool integration Accessibility issues 5 Wrap up 2nd Questionnaire / Interviews Assignments:  Individual reflection on own use of SM (2)  Create social site for an information service (3) Evaluate an established social site (4), revisit (3)

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