Ft. Worth, TX. 11/06/2015. Dr. Stacia Campbell, Dr. Carol Johnson-Gerendas, Dr. Addy Tolliver. Texas Wesleyan University.

1. Pedagogy & CyberClassrooms: Beyond
Blackboard to Benefit from Twitter,
WordPress, and More
Texas Social Media Conference
6 November 2015
• Dr. Stacia Dunn Campbell, Writing Program Director &
Associate Professor of English
• Dr. Carol Johnson-Gerendas, Director of Liberal Studies
Program & Associate Professor of Communication
• Dr. Adeline Meira Tolliver, Center for Excellence in Teaching
and Learning

2. Social Media Interfaces as meeting places!
The Interface as Interpersonal Invocation
a Hotspot? a Portal? a Hangout? a Showcase?
BEHAVIORS & PRACTICES HAPPENING THERE
Lurking, liking, sharing, re-sharing, trending, following,
periscoping, tweeting, tagging . . . ADJUDICATING!

3. Pedagogical Questions to Explore Today
What affordances become available depending on
the privacy level of the interface?
As faculty, as designers of learning experiences, do
we show our own commitment to being learners,
innovators?
How can we model for our students a focus on
engagement, meta-cognitive awareness,
appropriateness, and transfer?
How can students learn to apply the competencies
they gain as social media managers and leverage
them for future courses/careers?

4. COMPOSING A RELATIONAL SELF-IN-FLUX
How can student engagement with social media
increase
1. Communication skills?
2. Cultural sensitivity?
3. Global awareness?
4. A sense of immediacy? Activism? Influence?
5. Marketing strategies? (driving traffic to site/blog)
6. Private/public representations of self?
7. Realization of “REACH”

5. Stacia Dunn Campbell
PRIVACY LEVEL & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
e.g. Blackboard as a closed community
Using pedagogical practices that allow students to
practice socio-intellectual behaviors in the safety and
privacy of a course management system.
3 examples: 1) generative themes, 2) “source-share”
(organic research databases created by class members in
online writing classes), 3) Wikis and blogs inside the CMS
to develop writing and communication skills for transfer

6. OPEN ENGAGEMENT FOSTERS a constant “+”
INTERVENTIONS
INVOCATIONS
IDENTIFICATIONS
INTERRUPTIONS
INTERMITTENT
INTENTIONS
UNINTENDED INFLUENCES/AUDIENCES
MIXUPS/CO-ADJUDICATIONS
RHETORICAL RE-(EN)VISION(ING)

7. Carol Johnson-Gerendas
Modeling practices of innovation, experimentation, and
reflection.
Direct link: http://cjgerendas.com/new-media-
interfaces-affordances/ or Website:
http://cjgerendas.com
When students research, analyze, then produce, in . . .
• Twitter
• Wordpress
• Blogging as reflection

8. Adeline Meira Tolliver
Strategies for
Using social media for student
engagement

9. Thank you for joining us in
exploring pedagogical
opportunities for social media!
Come see us at TxWesU!