This is the presentation for the online session held on 7 March 2013. The link to the recording is: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.080A58693CB9621C9F0CB45FB1518B&sid=2009077

1. Social Media and Assessment
Steve Saffhill and Phil Hardcastle
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RSCs – Stimulating and supporting innovation in learning

2. Summary
 What?
 Responsibilities
 Examples
 Creating effective activities
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3. Top 100 tools for learning
(C4LPT)
Rank Tool Notes
1 Twitter Social network & micro-blogging service
2 YouTube Video-sharing site
3 Google Docs/Drive Office suite and data storage service
4 Google Search Web search engine
5 WordPress Blogging/website tool
6 Dropbox File synchronization
7 Skype Text and voice chat tool
8 PowerPoint Presentation software
9 Facebook Social network
10 Wikipedia Collaborative encyclopaedia
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4. Accessibility
 AccessiQ
 Access: Youtube
 Facely
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5. e-Responsibility
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6. Social media is
 ‘means of interactions among people in which
they create, share, and exchange information
and ideas in virtual communities and
networks.’
Ahlqvist, Bäck and Heinonen
(and cited by wikipedia!)
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7. Communication through VLE
 Loughborough College
– RSS feeds
– Forum
– Chat
– Choices
– Poll
– Peerwise
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8. Tools

9. Facebook:
creating a page
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10. Assignment task:
attempt 1
 Keep a (facebook) diary for your work placement.
Include comments and images to record your
thoughts and activities.
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11. Issues with (e-)assessment?
 Feedback
 Distant learning
 Shallow learning
 Keep a facebook diary for your work placement.
Include comments and images to record your
thoughts and activities.
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12. Tyne Metropolitan College
 Facebook page
– Work experience
 The tutor posts questions/tasks each week and
writes comments
 Feedback
 Distant learning
 Shallow learning
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13. PVC learning partnerships
Learning
experience
 Feedback Passion
 Distant learning
 Shallow learning
Vision Channel
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14. Twitter and learning partnerships
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15. Social media is not the solution, it’s
just a tool (or LOTS to HOTS)
 Self reflection
– Boud, Gibbs,
 Argument mapping
 Peer assessment
– De Bono’s six hats
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16. Better statements
 A claim supported by a reason is called a
contention

17. Animals
Farm
Wild
Domestic
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18. Argument mapping
Objections
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20. Twitter and learning partnerships
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21. Design studio
projects
technology uses
Facebook Content/community building Atelier-D, INTEGRATE
Ning Networking spaces KUBE, Atelier-D
Wikis Content/community building KUBE, MoRSE, INTEGRATE ESCAPE
Blogs Reflection ISCC, MoRSE, INTEGRATE
Elluminate Videoconferencing Atelier-D
Megameeting Videoconferencing COWL
Skype Videoconferencing COWL
Twitter Micro-blogging MoRSE
Geo MoRSE
Compendium Knowledge mapping Atelier-D
Flickr Image sharing, peer interaction Atelier-D, MoRSE SpringboardTV
Googledocs Sharing, collaborative work Atelier-D
Voice boards, Assessment feedback Duckling, COWL
Cloudworks Community, networking Atelier-D
Googlewave Communication - distant tutors Atelier-D
Googlemaps Twitter map mashups for GIS MoRSE, INTEGRATE
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22. Peer assessment
 Flickr
 Evaluation of final project
 Post images and have to comment on at least one
other
 Edward de Bono’s six thinking hats
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23. Social Media and Assessment
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