This document discusses using social media tools in online classrooms. It argues that social media should be integrated into learning management systems to create more social and interactive learning environments. Specific social media tools like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and YouTube are presented as examples of how to facilitate social interaction, accessible publishing and interactive dialogue among students. The benefits of incorporating Twitter into a classroom are discussed, like keeping a history and allowing for collaboration. Lastly, instructions are provided on how to generate embed codes for social media widgets and add them to an LCMS through custom widgets and pasting HTML.

1. Social MediaAs Online (Social) Pedagogy

2. IntroductionToday’s online classrooms are becoming more and more “social,” as Social Networks themselves become integrated (and inherent) in the lives of our students. This presentation will not only demonstrate how to include some popular Social Media tools within your LCMS, but it will also explain why it is crucial to embrace Social Media in order to become better educators.

3. About MeBlogging: since 2000Featured in The New York Times, The Advocate, andThe Web Designer’s Idea BookTwitter: ~1000 FollowersFlickr: ~103,000 Page ViewsYouTube: ~37,000 Video ViewsEtc.

4. Social Media?

5. Social Media?“Social media are media for social interaction, using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques.“Social media use web-based technologies to turn communication into interactive dialogue.”Wikipedia

6. Social Media?Social interaction

7. Social Media?Social interactionAccessible and scalable publishing techniques

8. Social Media?Social interactionAccessible and scalable publishing techniquesInteractive dialogue

9. Social Interaction

10. Social InteractionInterpersonal relationship

11. Social InteractionInterpersonal relationshipA connection between two or more individuals

12. Social InteractionInterpersonal relationshipA connection between two or more individualsCould be short-lived or long-lasting

13. Social InteractionInterpersonal relationshipA connection between two or more individualsCould be short-lived or long-lastingFormed in a social or cultural context

14. Social InteractionInterpersonal relationshipA connection between two or more individualsCould be short-lived or long-lastingFormed in a social or cultural contextHas potential to “flourish,” or become characterized by intimacy, growth, and resilience

15. Social InteractionInterpersonal relationshipA connection between two or more individualsCould be short-lived or long-lastingFormed in a social or cultural contextHas potential to “flourish,” or become characterized by intimacy, growth, and resilienceFlourishing relationships possess a natural dynamic balance between “intimacy” and other social relationships

16. Publishing Techniques

17. Publishing TechniquesPublishing

18. Publishing TechniquesPublishing:the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.

19. Publishing TechniquesPublishing:the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.Scalable: a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged.

20. Publishing TechniquesPublishing:the process of production and dissemination of literature or information — the activity of making information available for public view.Scalable: a desirable property of a system, a network, or a process, which indicates its ability to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged.Accessible: the degree to which a product, device, service, or environment is available to as many people as possible.

21. Interactive Dialogue

22. Interactive DialogueMore than a conversation

23. Interactive DialogueMore than a conversationInteract: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.

24. Interactive DialogueMore than a conversationInteract: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.A critical part of learning

25. Interactive DialogueMore than a conversationInteract: acting mutually, performing reciprocal acts; interchange and discussion of ideas, especially when open and frank, as in seeking mutual understanding or harmony.A critical part of learningHas a goal of discovering the different meanings people give to educational attributes, and arriving at a better understanding about what actually needs to be learned

26. Is this For You?

27. Challenge:Is this For You?

28. Challenge:Don’t use Social Media for Social Media’s sakeIs this For You?

29. Challenge:Don’t use Social Media for Social Media’s sakeSocial media must be embraced in order for it to succeedIs this For You?

30. If you accept this challenge, it means…Is this For You?

31. If you accept this challenge, it means…Is this For You?Always being connected!

32. If you accept this challenge, it means…Is this For You?Always being in-tune with your classroom!

33. Use-Cases

34. Use-CasesWhat does all this Social Media stuff mean for the classroom?

35. Use-CasesWhat does all this Social Media stuff mean for the classroom?Social Media supports an open and accessible venue in which instructor and student may participate in a collaborative, community-driven, and nonhierarchical pedagogy, rather than the traditional, top-down learning experience.

36. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…

37. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connections

38. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connectionsTwitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market share

39. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connectionsTwitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market shareFlickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharing

40. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connectionsTwitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market shareFlickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharingDel.icio.us & Digg: Link sharing

41. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connectionsTwitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market shareFlickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharingDel.icio.us & Digg: Link sharingSourceForge & Gitorious: Code sharing

42. Use-CasesSome examples of Social Media…Facebook & MySpace: Status updates, blogging, media sharing, social connectionsTwitter & Jaiku: Information sharing, corporate advertising…and social market shareFlickr & YouTube: Photo and/or video sharingDel.icio.us & Digg: Link sharingSourceForge & Gitorious: Code sharingEtc.

43. Use-CasesWhat do all of these “services” have in common?

44. Use-CasesWhat do all of these “services” have in common?Hosted and maintained by third-party companies

45. Use-CasesWhat do all of these “services” have in common?Hosted and maintained by third-party companiesFree (for now)

46. Use-CasesWhat do all of these “services” have in common?Hosted and maintained by third-party companiesFree (for now)Allow “feed” publishing/syndication (RSS)

47. Use-CasesWhat do all of these “services” have in common?Hosted and maintained by third-party companiesFree (for now)Allow “feed” publishing/syndication (RSS)Quickly and organically create community!

48. Twitter Is…Now

49. Twitter Is…NowTweeting Students Earn Higher Grades Than Others in Classroom Experiment“Students chatting on Twitter both inside and outside the classroom got higher grades than their nontweeting peers in a recent experiment conducted at a medium-size public institution in the Midwest.“At the end of the semester, the tweeters had grade-point averages half a point higher, on average, than did their nontweeting counterparts. And students who tweeted were more engaged.”Paige ChapmanThe Chronicle of Higher EducationNovember 12, 2010

50. Twitter 101

51. Twitter 101The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:

52. Twitter 101The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:Twitter relies on brevity

53. Twitter 101The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:Twitter relies on brevityTwitter can be updated via web, email, and text messaging

54. Twitter 101The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:Twitter relies on brevityTwitter can be updated via web, email, and text messagingTwitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text message

55. Twitter 101The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:Twitter relies on brevityTwitter can be updated via web, email, and text messagingTwitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text messageTwitter can be collaborative…or not

56. Twitter 101The benefits of using a Social service like Twitter in conjunction with the “classroom”:Twitter relies on brevityTwitter can be updated via web, email, and text messagingTwitter can be digested via web, third-party apps, and text messageTwitter can be collaborative…or notTwitter keeps a history

57. Social Workflow

58. Social Workflow

59. LCMSSocial Workflow

60. Social WorkflowLCMS

61. Social WorkflowSocial ServiceLCMS

62. Social WorkflowSocial ServiceLCMS

63. Social WorkflowSocial ServiceLCMS

64. Social WorkflowSocial ServiceLCMS

65. A Social LCMS

66. A Social LCMSIntegrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…

67. A Social LCMSIntegrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…Primary tool: Custom Widgets

68. A Social LCMSIntegrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…Primary tool: Custom WidgetsPrimary method: HTML embed code

69. A Social LCMSIntegrating Social Media into our Learning Content Management System (LCMS)…Primary tool: Custom WidgetsPrimary method: HTML embed code*Yes, there are other ways…* Instructions available at the end of this presentation.

70. A Social LCMSDemonstration…

71. In Conclusion

72. In ConclusionA social pedagogy…

73. In ConclusionA social pedagogy leads to…

74. In ConclusionA social pedagogy leads to flourishing relationships

75. In ConclusionA social pedagogy leads to flourishing relationships learning communities!

76. Thank YouTim SamoffAny social network / timsamofftimothy_samoff1@vcccd.eduX1781Presentation available at slideshare.net/timsamoff.:)

77. InstructionsFinding and using HTML embed code:In the case of Twitter, Widget code can be generated by going to About > Resources. By and large, other services follow a similar methodology or possess a Tools area. (Or, Google for HTML Widgets.)Generating embed code typically entails following a few easy instructions. Various options are specific to each service.Once the embed code has been generated, it must be copied via selecting the code and using Edit > Copy (Ctrl+C).Within the LCMS, a new Custom Widget must be created. After doing so, the copied code must be pasted (Ctrl+V) into the HTML Source Editor. Save the widget and add it to the course Homepage.Copy embed code and paste into HTMLSource Editor.