Role of Social Media in Education, Blogs- Wikis- Virtual Learning Environment

1. NILSA.V.S
M.Ed, FMTC,KOLLAM

2. SOCIAL MEDIA

3. SOCIAL MEDIA

4. Social Media is the use of electronic and
internet tools for the purpose of sharing and
discussing information and experiences with
an online community.

6. Cooperative Environment
Interaction
It provides users with a critical thinking
environment.
Active Learning

7. Establishing on-line profiles and setup their own
social networks
Most social networks provide users with
information sharing facilitates such as e-mail, chats,
instant messages, videos, blogging, file sharing and
photo sharing.

9. Social
Networks
Content
Sharing
Content –
Ranking Tools
Geo-Location
Tools

10. SOCIAL
MEDIA
PUBLISH
SHARE
DISCUSS
SOCIAL
NETWORK
MICRO
BLOGG
VIRTUAL
WORLDS
SOCIAL
GAMES

11. POPULAR SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES

12. SOCIAL
MEDIA
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
WhatsApp
Google +
LinkedIn
EDMODO
Instagram
MySpace
Blog

13. FACEBOOK
• Mark Zukerberg
• February 4, 2004
• Menlo park, California, US

14. TWITTER
• Jack Dorsey,Noah Glass,Biz Stone & Evan Williams
• March 21, 2006
• California,

15. Jawed Karim, Steve Chen
& Chad Hurley
 February 14, 2005
California, United States

16. GOOGLE +
June 15, 2011
Larry Page

17. LINKEDIN
2002
Jeff Weiner
 LinkedIn is one of the
largest websites created
mainly for business
relationships and
networking.

18. EDMODO is the largest social
networking website used mainly
for education purposes.
As per the survey, more than 13
million people are using this
website effectively.

20. INSTAGRAM
Instagram is an online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing,
and social networking service that enables its users to take
pictures and videos, and share them either publicly or privately
on the app, as well as through a variety of other social
networking platforms.

21. Myspace.com (originally stylized
as MySpace) is a social networking
website offering an interactive,
user-submitted network of friends,
personal profiles, blogs, groups,
photos, music, and videos.

23. BLOG
A blog is a discussion or informational
website published on the World Wide Web
consisting of discrete, often informal diary-
style text entries.
 Posts are typically displayed in reverse
chronological order, so that the most recent
post appears first, at the top of the web page.

24. SOCIAL MEDIA IN
EDUCATION

25. Social media can be used as an effective tool
to help increase collaboration,
communication, and cooperation skills in
students.
Social media can provide a way for teachers
and students to become more interactive.

26. Teachers can utilize social media for class projects,
for enhancing communication, and for engaging
students in a manner that might not be entirely
possible in traditional classroom settings.

27. •Class Projects
•Communication

28. Provide direct communication with instructors
Allows introvert students a way to communicate
Create groups
Post class notes
Make announcements
Share information

29. CHALLENGES
Privacy
Genuine Friendship
Taking up time
Miscommunication

30. BEST SOCIAL MEDIA SITES FOR
STUDENTS & TEACHERS

31. Blackboard
Wikispaces Classroom
Edmodo
Skype
MinecraftEdu
Sumdog
Twitter
Twiducate

33. • Increased Student Collaboration
• Increased Student Participation
• Team Projects are easier to review
• Rich eLearning Media available
• Video Conferencing abilities

34.  Student distraction can become issue
Lack of control for inappropriate
content
Relying on Social Media for all contact

36. BLOG
A blog is a discussion or informational
website published on the World Wide Web
consisting of discrete, often informal diary-
style text entries.
 Posts are typically displayed in reverse
chronological order, so that the most recent
post appears first, at the top of the web page.

38. Personal Blog
Organizational Blogs
Media Blogs
Edublog

41. EDUBLOG
• Educational Blogging is blogging by students,
teachers, administrators, industry experts, and
other involved entities that focus primarily on
the educational process and educational
interests.

42. Students can quickly catch up if they miss a
class
The teacher can use the blogs as a course plan
Blogs can be used to motivate students to do
more reading and encourage them to improve
their values.

43. • Potential for increased access and exposure to
quality information.
• Link your class with another class somewhere
else in the world.

44. ADVANTAGES
Creativity
It opens the lines of
communication outside of
school hours
Fun

45. DISADVANTAGES

46. Not all kids have access to
computer and internet.
Privacy
Time consuming
Uneconomical

48. A wiki is a website that provides
collaborative modification of its
content and structure directly from the
web browser.

49. WIKI ACTIVITIES
FOR THE
CLASSROOM

50. Historical Figures
Student as Editor
Debate
Poetry Class
Book and Film Reviews

52. Virtual Learning
Environment

57. FEATURES OF VLES
Communication between
tutors and students
Self-assessment and
summative assessment
Delivery of learning
resources and materials

58. Shared works
Support for students

59. AREAS OF VLEs
Information
Content
Communication
Assessment
Management

61. REFERENCE
• Deaton,S.(2015).Social Learning Theory in the Age
of Social Media: Implications for Educational
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• Yadav,K.Anusuya (2016).Special Needs Education in
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