Presented at Sloan-C Emerging Tech, #et4online, on April 10th, 2014 Tanya Joosten (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA) @tjoosten Session Information April 10, 2014 - 3:30pm Track: Open Education Major Emphasis of Presentation: Applied Use (technology or pedagogy) Institutional Level: Multiple Audience Level: All Session Type: Featured Session Location: Lone Star C3 Session Duration: 50 Minutes Session: Information Session 7 Virtual Session Abstract Higher education is undergoing a rapid transformation due to changes in societal interests and values. As educators, we must be responsive to these changes and look to develop strategies to best meet the needs of our students inside and outside of the classroom.

1. Emerging social trends:
Decisions, decisions
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5. Open and continuous access

7. Open text, video, and more

8. Open text, video, and more

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

14. ? 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

16. Sharing to build community

18. Assess your students’ needs
Let the data drive your decisions

19.  According to a survey by Joosten (2009), students
reported that they need good (67%) and
frequent communication (90%) with
their instructor and good communication
with their classmates (75%). They also reported
that they need to feel connected to
learn (80%) (http://tinyurl.com/yafu8qz).

20.  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 “
(http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/Teens-
and-Technology.aspx?r=1).

21.  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)

22. I like social media for
learning

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

25. Increase communication and contact

26. Engage students through rich,
current media

27. Building cooperation and feedback

28. Technology will
save us!

29. Facebook is
the answer!
Bwahahahaha!

30. It’s not about the
technology,
it’s all social
Larry Johnson, NMC

31. global collaborative anytime
anyplace mobility access literacy
informal learning

32. Connect

33. “A virtual place where
people share; everybody and
anybody can share anything
anywhere anytime”
(Joosten, 2012, p. 6).

35. Use
social media

36. Warning!
Technology is only
the medium

37. Medium | Message
By Wespeck

39. You need
a pedagogical
strategy

40. Get it!

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