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The document outlines ten reasons for using social media in teaching, highlighting its familiarity, ease of use, and ability to foster community among students. It details how social media facilitates creative learning, instant feedback, and caters to various learning styles. Additionally, it emphasizes student autonomy and enjoyment in completing tasks in a less formal environment, supported by positive student testimonials.
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- 1. 10 reasons whyyou should use social media in your teaching… Mark Feltham @markfeltham666 Caroline Keep @ka81 Liverpool John Moores University 3rd June #melsigljmu @melsigHEdW rks
- 2. The challenge... • Fundamentals ofScience (Year long) • Core Module (350 students) across 6 programmes • Large amount of statistics (traditionally ‘dry’ subject) • 9 o’clock Monday morning • Students didn’t know each other • They had a range of learning styles • The old style of teaching wasn’t working for many students
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- 5. How it works… • ClosedFacebook Groups • Semester 1 (ALL – alternate SM and traditional) • Set Tasks (TASKPRODS) on Facebook • Students post work to Facebook • Feedback to Facebook • Semester 2 (CHOICE) • Didactic v Creative Projects via SM
- 6. Stats Guides: printed/ interactive
- 7. Stats Guides: VideoGuide
- 8. Data Collection: observational/ data logging
- 9. Data Collection: DIYexperiments The output Result
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- 11. Data Collection: RubeGoldberg Machines
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- 13. 10 reasons whyyou should use social media in your teaching… HEdW rks
- 14. 1. Everything is in one familiar place •99% students are already on it • No need to learn the quirks of a new platform
- 15. 2. It’s quick and easyto use • No separate login • Uploading is easy • Posting is easier still… •…and instantaneous • Mobile version is good
- 16. 3. It’s a great wayfor students to get to know each other… and you • Breaks down barriers • Builds rapport • Sense of community • Allows students to share in the experience • Promotes engagement
- 17. 4. Setting work is… • Quick •Easy • …and you can be as creative as you like • So it’s fun!
- 18. 5. It can cater fora variety of different learning styles • How work is set • How feedback is given • How students demonstrate their learning • Student centric
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- 21. BUT 54% ofuploads were images
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- 23. The importance of choice • Promotesownership
- 24. 6. It promotes creativity “I callthis piece “Frequency Histogram with Guinea Pig”
- 25. 7. Giving feedback is timely and efficient •Like, Comment, Msg • Instantaneous (notifications) • Targetted (‘Ask an ye shall receive’…)
- 26. 7. Feedback • Round-ups andgeneral feedback • Peer to peer
- 27. 8. Students can decide when THEY wantto work • Students can nip in and out as often or as little as they like (pace) • Can work when they want to (jobs, childcare) • Drip-drip… keeps module ticking over (steady learning) • Avoids the ‘punctuated disequilibrium ‘of traditional timetabling
- 28. Most work wasn’tdone on lecture day…
- 29. ..nor in Unihours
- 30. Breakdown of 691posts (24 hours)
- 31. 9. It’s a great wayto manage group work • Transparent • Scrape posts • Weight group marks • Break off into subgroups
- 32. 95% of groupswork like this… May explain why only 33% students choose to work in groups!
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- 34. Almost half ofall posts were from mobile devices
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- 36. Live Twitter Feedfrom the Student Stats EXPO
- 37. The students’ views “Withno limits or boundaries our imaginations went wild and loads of people made machines (Rube Goldbergs) that went over entire rooms. “A much more memorable way of learning statistics, because it was fun” “Stats made so much more sense in the context of using actual data we had collected.” “I have thoroughly enjoyed this module as being able to carry out a project has made learning and practicing statistics and SPSS so much easier” “I have loved how it’s given more scope to take charge of my own work and work under my own steam”
- 38. The students’ views “Ihave really enjoyed it. It makes you more independent and also using Facebook is a lot quicker with regards feedback.” “It was awesome! Working in a group was fun as we were able to use each other’s skills to our advantage.” “I really enjoyed having the freedom to work on my stats in my own time... the task set was more of a fun activity than an assignment! I feel I learned a lot more than I would have done from lectures at 9am.” “The Facebook module made life and the way the work needed completing a lot easier! Relaxing, stress free and the future of university learning! “
- 39. 5 x rubberbands A piece of string Sticky tape Scissors 2 x sheets of A4 paper 1 x sheet of graph paper A small length of stiff black card A piece of ‘Blutack’ (actually it’s ‘Whitetack’) A 1p and 5p coin A foam triangle A piece of wire 3 x small coloured pencils 2 x cable ties
- 40. WORKSHOP How to use SocialMedia to engage your students in creative learning PLEASE JOIN www.facebook.com/groups/MELSIGcreativelearningworkshop/ THANK YOU