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Using Social Media for Professional Development
Sue Tucker & Zachary Watt
Learning and Teaching Week 2016
Topics
How do you define “social media”?
What are the benefits of using Social Media in education?
What platforms come to mind?
How do others use Social Media for professional development?
Making it personal – what’s in it for me?
Be aware – some policies
How do you define “social media”?
What are the benefits of using Social Media in education?
#1 Find great resources, lesson plans &
conferences
#2 Share your resources and ideas
Slideshare
#3 Follow amazing educators and their
blogs
#4 Get support when needed
1 minute CPD
#5 Make International Connections
#7 Collaborate globally on projects
CLMOOC 2015
http://www.slideshare.net/NomadWarMachine/developing-flexible-open-courses-cmoocs-with-international-collaborators
What platforms come to mind?
See https://conversationprism.com/ for more
How do others use Social Media for CPD?
Platform How it’s being used
Google+ Join communities and participate in discussions
LinkedIn Join relevant industry groups and participate in discussions
Twitter Follow industry groups, businesses, individuals; join twitter chats, take notes at conference, conference backchannel
Facebook Join professional groups; follow relevant industry groups, businesses, individuals
Slideshare Sharing of training resources
Delicious, Diigo, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr
Collating ideas, sharing of resources and following others
Making it personal – what’s in it for me?
Be aware – some policies
• Use of Social Media at CDU is covered in three different policies
• CDU supports participation in social media technologies.
• The use of social media for learning and teaching purposes is outlined in the Learnline Policy (draft) and is separate to the Social Media Policy.
• Official posts must comply with the Media and Public Commentary Policy.
• Staff members are NOT to use the University name as part of their username/handle/screen name if making personal comments.
• Acceptable Use – refer to the dot points of the Social Media Policy for clear guidance.
Be aware – personal protection
• Don’t post personal identifying information (date of birth, address, etc)
• Don’t engage with trolls
• Anything of concern: “Ignore. Block. Report”
References and Links
CDU Social Media Policy http://www.cdu.edu.au/governance/doclibrary/pol-059.pdf
CDU Media and Public Commentary Policy http://www.cdu.edu.au/governance/policies/pol-028.pdf
Internet trolls http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/weirdwebculture/f/what-is-an-internet-troll.htm
http://www.josiefraser.com/2016/09/alt-c-2016-keynote-in-the-valley-of-the-trolls/
A Guide to Social Media for Learning from GCU, UKhttps://sway.com/WJOIcKAajpfZE3OD
References and Links
Gilly Salmon blog http://www.gillysalmon.com Craig Kemp blog http://mrkempnz.com/ The Ed Techie blog http://blog.edtechie.net/ Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/ Hybrid pedagogy http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped/1 minute CPD https://1minutecpd.wordpress.com/Conversation prism https://conversationprism.com/ Learning wheel http://learningwheel.co.uk/tag/debmillar24/ CLMOOC 2015 http://www.slideshare.net/NomadWarMachine/developing-flexible-open-courses-cmoocs-with-international-collaborators
With thanks
Stuart Kelly @stuartkellynz
Jenny Grabiec @JennyGrabiec
Deb Millar @learningwheel
Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth
Craig Kemp @mrkempnz
Wendy Taleo @wentale
James Clay @jamesclay
Session feedback
We appreciate your feedback which helps us improve.
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Getting started with Twitter
Sue Tucker and Zachary Watt
Learning and Teaching Week 2016
Topics
Why use Twitter for professional development?
Find people to follow
Using @ and # appropriately
Sending, replying, retweeting and quoting
Why Twitter for PD?
Edchats #1
Edchats #2
Edchats #3Participate Learning
Calendar
Some of our favourites:
#digitaledchat#AussieED#digiped#PubPD#includEDau
And the new
#AusVETchatStarting on Wednesday
Conference backchannels
Conference backchannels
Conference backchannels
Taking notes
Find people to follow
Find people to follow
Using @@ is an address and will send a notification to a particular person or organisation.
@wentale @sueinasp @CDUni @ZacInDarwin
Using #
# is a means of tracking a topic or conversation
Anybody can search and follow a hashtag.
Nothing is private!
#LTWeek2016 #CDUnistaff #2016NVC #AussieEd #edtech #altc
“Hashtags are the coffee houses of the internet” - Mark McGuire @mark_mcguire
Send and reply
Retweet and quote
Help! I didn’t mean to send that!
Other toolsTagboard – the social search & display platform
Other tools
Tweetdeck – organise your Twitter feed
Join us on Wednesday at 1pm for
#AusVETchatTopic: Doing Industry Engagement Better
In summary
References and Links
Participate Learning https://www.participate.com/chatsTagboard https://tagboard.com/ Tweetdeck https://tweetdeck.twitter.com/
With thanks
Stuart Kelly @stuartkellynz
Jenny Grabiec @JennyGrabiec
Deb Millar @learningwheel
Sylvia Duckworth @sylviaduckworth
Craig Kemp @mrkempnz
Wendy Taleo @wentale
James Clay @jamesclay
Session feedback
We appreciate your feedback which helps us improve.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZGCKQPN
