This document provides a summary of a course on using social media tool kits for effective communication. The course aimed to help students effectively use social media and web 2.0 tools for personal and professional communication. While the flexibility and acquired knowledge from assignments were positives, the course lacked communication between students and had too many required tool sign-ups. Suggestions included more project-based group work and integrating popular social networks into assignments. Overall, the student recommends continuing the course to learn valuable social networking tools.

1. SOCIAL MEDIA TOOL KITS FOR
EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
Olalekan Abiona LEARNING DIARY ROUND-UP

2. Course Objective
 Designed to help make effective use
of Social Media tools and the
numerous of Web 2.0 tools for both
personal and professional
communication activities.

3. Course Assesment
 Plus (+):
 Convenience
 Flexibility
 study anywhere
 personal tool kit collection
 Acquired remarkable knowledge from the
assignments:
personal profile – prezi
 ability to create with unfamiliar web-
based tool

4. Course Assesment
mindmapping – mindmeister
 outstanding web-based tool worth using
social bookmarking: delicious
 beneficial for future use in all context
virtual world – google doc
 exploring virtual worlds deeply
Video/Photostory – windows movie maker
 a bit challenging to get the task done
 A good practice to handle interview

5. Course Assesment
Publication/Written Comm. – massidea
 a good task to observe, express and
compare one’s writing skills and share.
Learning Diary – MS PowerPoint/slideshare
 facebook integrated website
 no fresh account sign up
 sign in with facebook account

6. Course Assesment
 I fancied the creative related assignments
 open grading assessment
 Updating students via the use of facebook a big
plus
 Have access to recorded lectures/presentation is a
big bonus
 Extra-task for missing lecture a plus
 On the other hand, might be a factor to miss lecture
 Provision of useful link and reading materials

7. Course Assesment
 Minus ( --):
 Lack of communication between students
 No Social Interaction
 10 – 15 tools = 10 – 15 fresh sign ups
 signing up should be minimum
 Option to choose between 2 - 4
 unclear voice and echoing during lectures
 technology requirement
 detailed course description should be a must
 Reading through other students assignment seems a bit
challenging

8.  Personal, Professional, Collaboration, Education and
Entertainment communication toolkits

9. My ToolKits
Personal Professional Collaboration Educational Entertainment

10. Suggestions
 Project-based assignment that will allow student to –
 discuss and brainstorm
 interact, relate and solve problems
 share ideas and opinion
 build and explore social network for the future
 second life small project involvement would be an ideal
practical example
 Facebook, twitter, etc integrated sites should be
considered for major assignments
 Mandatory pair or group task/assignment to bring
students together
 Course could be offered as an elective course

11. Suggestions
 Topics -
 Monitoring the Social Web and beyond
 App Alert: google alerts, google blog search,
tweetbeep etc
 RSS and the Blog Community
 Differences between Social and Professional
Networking
 Empowering the Crowd through Social Networking
 Social Media Marketing: Tips for Beginners

12. Course Continuity
 QUESTION?
 Should the course: Social Media Tool Kit for Effective
Communication continue?
 ANSWER
 Yes! Yes! Yes!!!
 Why to continue…?
 Learned tools acted as a social network tool kit to:
 create, manage and distribute content, build awareness,
 connect with friends, family and building social network
for the future
 Social networking remains a leading trend and cannot be
sidelined.

13. Learning: Round Up!