By Michael Rees
Social Media Changing the Face of Education Michael Rees School of IT, Bond University Education in classes of today Laptops Smartphones Problems to be Overcome Teaching staff not aware how to exploit the technology Social media already in use by students in class and out Need to exploit social media to improve teaching outcomes Blogging for Students Introduced on voluntary basis in late 2005 Made compulsory from 2006 Every subject includes blogging worth 10% 8 subjects of experience emphasise study journal & recording tool Student Blogging Outcomes Most gain significant blogging skills Some hate blogging and do as little as possible A few use blogs to communicate with friends and family Teacher gains insight into study & social activities Remember IT students hate writing prose! Blogging Assessment 10 set blog post tasks 10 posts of choice must be completed in 12 weeks Delicious Social Bookmarks Shared Wikis Twitter in Class Screencasting What Next? full-scale Twitter experiments selective screencast use by students spread word amongst colleagues http://prezi.com/20995/
Talk to Social Media Club Gold Coast, 26 March 2009