The document discusses strategies for using social media in teaching and learning. It provides data on college students' use of social media and mobile devices. It emphasizes using social media to connect students to course content, each other, and the instructor. When designing social media integration, instructors should focus on pedagogical goals and student needs rather than the technologies themselves. The document advocates developing students' 21st century skills through open access and authentic experiences on social media.

1. Social media and
trends: Strategies
and best practices
for teaching and
learning
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3. Societal trends

9. What online sites do you visit?

10. What online sites do you visit?

11. What is social media?

12. EVERYTHING
ONLINE
What is social media?

13. What is social media?
“A virtual place where
people share; everybody
and anybody can share
anything anywhere
anytime”
(Joosten, 2012, p. 6)

14. Let the data drive you…

15. Data driven
According to PEW Internet
study, “Teens who participated
in focus groups for this study
said that they view email as
something you use to talk to
‘old people,’ institutions, or to
send complex instructions to
large groups“

16. Data driven
95.1% of 18- and 19-year-olds use social
media, primarily Facebook on a daily basis
(Salaway, et al., 2009)
96% of undergraduates reported using
Facebook (Smith & Caruso, 2010)
43% of undergraduate use Twitter (Smith &
Caruso, 2010)
90% use mobile devices to receive and send
text messages (Smith, 2010), over 1600 a
month (Neilson, 2010)
92% of college-aged students watch YouTube
(Moore, 2011)

17. Data driven
I like social media for
learning

18. Facebook will
save me!
Bwahahahaha!

19. It’s not about the
technology…

20. Pedagogical model
Content
• Text
• Images
• Audio
• Video
Interactivity
• Discussions
• Groups
• Feedback
Assessment
• Written and oral examination
• Discursive
• Portfolio

21. Backwards course design
Desired Results
Documentation
or Evidence
Learning
Experience

22. Learning Experience
Pedagogical model and design
Assessment
InteractivityContent
Learning
Outcomes

23. What evidence will you accept?
Individual Group
Projects
Discussions
Writing
Quizzes
Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor
or Behavioral

24. 21st century skills

25. Assessment

26. What learning activities will
produce this evidence?

27. Planning a learning experience
• Student interaction
with content
Content
• Student interaction
with student
• Student interaction
with instructor
Interactivity

28. Content

29. 21st century skills

30. Instructor-student interactions

31. Student-student interactions

32. 21st century skills

33. Tips…
Let the data drive you
Develop students for the 21st century
Provide open and continuous access
Create opportunities for authentic,
richer experiences
Connect students to you, the course,
each other, and the world
Don’t chase shiny balls

35. Use
social media

36. Get it!

37. Connect w/me
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• linkedin.com/in/tjoosten
• facebook.com/tjoosten
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38. Warning!
Technology is only
the medium

39. Medium | Message
By Wespeck

41. Words, Voice, Eye
Contact, Hand
Gestures, Body
Movements,
Posture, Clothes
Eye Contact,
Nodding, Hand
Gestures, Posture

42. ? Words, Text or
Voice, Emoticons,
Eye Contact, Hand
Gestures, Body
Movements,
Posture, Clothes
? Words, Text or
Voice, Emoticons,
Eye Contact, Hand
Gestures, Body
Movements,
Posture, Clothes

43. You need
a strategy!

46. Identify your pedagogical goals
and students needs
Assess your needs

47. Increase communication and contact

48. Engage students through rich,
current media

49. Building cooperation and feedback