Social media are increasingly popular platforms for collaboration and quick information sharing. This volume is a collection of reports on how these technologies are being used to educate educators with social media in creative and effective ways. Social networking technologies enable the integration of students and alumni in co-curricular activities in exciting and still evolving ways. The use of wikis, blogs, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, text messaging, Flickr, Delicious, YouTube, Yahoo Pipes, Diigo, Second Life, Moodle, and other Web 2.0 technologies are shown in vivid examples and insightful critiques. The processes, design, delivery and evaluation of instruction using social media are examined in detail and include such topics as: the use of social media in developing countries for new approaches to teaching as support for individual and peer-based learning; new teaching orientations premised on social media such as focused distraction; enhancing in-class participation; how instructors are increasing the technical expertise that is needed by educators to develop their own 21st century curricula projects; and, creating an ecosystem for life-long learning through social media.ContentsPART 1 VARIETIES OF SOCIAL MEDIA: PLATFORM, TECHNOLOGY, SPATIAL1. New Directions in Teaching Technologies: Introduction to Educating Educators with Social Media2. The Birth of a Social Networking Phenomenon3. Facebook and Education: A Classroom Connection?4. Social Media for Higher Education in Developing Countries: An Intercultural PerspectivePART 2 PROCESSES IN LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA5. A Social Media Approach to Higher Education6. Creating an Ecosystem for Life-Long Learning through Social Media: A Graduate Experience7. The Networked Class in a Master Program: Personalization and Openness through Social MediaPART 3 DESIGN OF INSTRUCTION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA8. Future Social Learning Networks at Universities: An Exploratory Seminar Setting9. Connecting Future Teachers with the Teachers of Today10. Role of the Tutor in Enabling Student Learning through the Use of a Wiki11. Technology Integration Can Be Delicious: Social Bookmarking as a Technology Integration Tool12. Public Issues, Private Concerns: Social Media and Course Management Systems in Higher EducationPART 4 DELIVERY OF INSTRUCTION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA13. Web 2.0: Information Literacy, Libraries, and Pedagogies14. Social Annotation to Enhance Learning and Assessment in Higher Education15. Our Head in the Cloud: Transforming Work on College Completion16. Enhancing In-Class Participation in a Web 2.0 WorldPART 5 EVALUATING INSTRUCTION THAT USES SOCIAL MEDIA SKILLS17. (Social) Media Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities for Educators18. Social Media Killed the LMS: Re-imagining the Traditional Learning Management System in the Age of Blogs and Online Social Networks19. Twitter in Higher Education

Educating Educators with Social Media (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 1)

Politics & Social Sciences

Charles Wankel

Social Sciences

Emerald Publishing Limited

This book will cover a wide range of approaches to applying social media in teaching arts and science courses. The first part of the book, SOCIAL LEARNING AND NETWORKING APPROACHES TO TEACHING ARTS & SCIENCE, will cover collaborative social media in writing courses, the use of wikis as a platform for co-creation of digital content, and powerful data sharing. Part two, SOCIAL MEDIA PEDAGOGIES FOR THE FUTURE OF ARTS & SCIENCE LEARNING, explores the expansive vistas enabled by these new technologies. The use of content posting in public social media forums as an enabler of critical reflection is considered, as will the use of social media to augment face-to-face meetings. The third part, LEARNING ARTS & SCIENCE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLDS, will look to the opportunities and downsides of this immersive technology. Design recommendations for instructors will be put forth. Part four, BLOGGING AND MICROBLOGGING IN A NEW EPOCH OF TEACHING ARTS & SCIENCE, will look at a welter of applications and implications for teaching practices. For example, the use of Twitter as a sandbox where students share ideas before arriving in class or as back-channels to classes is explored.ContactsPART 1 SOCIAL LEARNING AND NETWORKING APPROACHES TO TEACHING ARTS & SCIENCE1. New Dimensions of Communicating with Students: Introduction to Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media2. Fostering Meaning and Community through Collaborative Social Media in Writing Courses3. Learning about Media Effects by Building a Wiki Community: Students Experiences and Satisfaction4. Facebook Friending and Faculty-Student CommunicationPART 2 SOCIAL MEDIA PEDAGOGIES FOR THE FUTURE OF ARTS & SCIENCE LEARNING5. How Twitter Saved My Literature Class: A Case Study with Discussion6. Social Learning with Social Media: Expanding and Extending the Communication Studies Classroom7. Teaching Social Media Skills to Journalism Students8. Unlocking the Voice of the University: The Convergence of Course, Content, Delivery, and Marketing through Social MediaPART 3 LEARNING ARTS & SCIENCE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL WORLDS9. Understanding Communication Processes in a 3D Online Social Virtual World10. Multi-User Virtual Environments for International Classroom Collaboration: Practical Approaches for Teaching and Learning in Second Life11. Using Multi-User Virtual Environments in Tertiary Teaching: Lessons Learned through the UQ Religion Bazaar ProjectPART 4 BLOGGING AND MICROBLOGGING IN A NEW EPOCH OF TEACHING ARTS & SCIENCE12. Fostering an Ecology of Openness: The Role of Social Media in Public Engagement at The Open University, UK13. Disconnect36: A Social Experiment to Teach Students to Shut Down, Turn Off, and Understand Connectivity14. Is Podcasting an Effective Resource for Enhancing Student Learning?15. Introducing Students to Micro-Blogging through Collaborative Work: Using Twitter to Promote Cross-University Relationships and Discussions16. Social Media Assemblages in Digital Humanities: From Backchannel to Buzz17. Social Media as a Professional Development Tool: Using Blogs, Microblogs, and Social Bookmarks to Create Personal Learning Networks18. Micro-Blogging and the Higher Education Classroom: Approaches and Considerations

Teaching Arts and Science with the New Social Media (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 3)

A Volume in Research in Management Education and Development Series Editors: Charles Wankel, St. Johns University and Robert DeFillippi, Suffolk University  CONTENTS: Editorial Review Board. List of Contributors. Real World Projects and Project-Based Learning Pedagogies. Robert DeFillippi and Charles Wankel. Section I: Consulting Projects. Wharton’s Global Consulting Practicum: Interdependence, Ambiguity and Reflection. Patricia Gorman Clifford, Jane Hiller Farran, and Leonard Lodish. Project Based International Business Consulting. C. Patrick Fleenor, Peter V. Raven, and Jerry Ralston. Real Real World Projects. Mats Lundeberg and Pär Mårtensson. Managing Divergent and Convergent Focus of Learning in Student Field Projects. Susan Adams. Section II: Service Learning Projects. Educating Managers through Service Learning Projects. Karen Ayas and Philip Mirvis. Real World Transfer of Professional Knowledge: A Modification to Internship Learning. Jan Brace-Govan and Irene H. Powell. Creating Actionable Knowledge: Experimenting with Service Learning in a Corporatist Nonprofit Regime. Judith van der Voort, Lucas C.P.M Meijs, and Gail Whiteman . Section III: Action Learning. Action Learning as a Vehicle for Management Development and Organizational Learning: Empirical Patterns from Practice and Theoretical Implications. Lyle Yorks. Action Learning for Management Development: Lessons from a Leadership Development Programme. Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch. The Manchester Method: A Critical Review of a Learning Experiment. Tudor Rickards, Paula J. Hyde, and K. Nadia Papamichail. A Management Education Model for Bridging the Academic and Real World. Eugene Baten, David Fearon, and Cheryl Harrison. Section IV: A Potpourri of Project-Based Practices and Perspectives. Work Embedded eLearning. Paul Shrivastava. Problem- Based Learning Approaches to Management Education. Oon-Seng Tan. Business Plan Competitions: Vehicles for Learning Entrepreneurship. Malu Roldan, Asbjorn Osland, Michael Solt, Burton V. Dean, and Mark V. Cannice. The Role of the Student in Project Learning. Timothy C. Johnston. Assessing Performance in Projects from Different Angles. Marjolein van Noort and Georges Romme. Editors’ Brief Biographies

Educating Managers Through Real World Projects (Hc) (Research in Management Education and Development)

Business & Money

Robert DeFillippi

Management & Leadership

Information Age Publishing

'Increasing Student Engagement and Retention using Online Learning Activities: Wikis, Blogs and WebQuests' uses case studies, surveys, and literature reviews to critically examine how these technologies are being used to improve writing and publishing skills, student subject awareness, and literacy; create engaging communities of practice; and are experiential learning tools. Chapter subjects include the design for a robust use of wikis, using blogs to enhance student engagement by creating a community of practice around a course, integrating blogs across a range of college level courses, publishing activist biographies on Wikipedia, using blogs to increase off-campus student engagement, using video and wiki technology to engage learners in large international cohorts, using wikis as an experiential learning tool, consuming and constructing knowledge through WebQuests, and rethinking WebQuests in second language teacher education. This volume will also discuss frameworks for deploying and assessing the effectiveness of these technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Online Learning Activities: Wikis, Blogs and Webquests (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part A)

Education & Teaching

Patrick Blessinger

Higher & Continuing Education

'Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Immersive Interfaces: Virtual Worlds, Gaming, and Simulation' uses case studies, surveys, and literature reviews to critically examine how gaming, simulation, and virtualization are being used to improve teamwork and leadership skills in students, create engaging communities of practice, and as experiential learning tools to create inter-cultural, multi-perspective, and global experiences. Chapters include how to increase learner engagement using serious games, using game features for classroom engagement, using client-based peer assessment in multi-role, whole-enterprise simulations, using virtual worlds to develop teacher candidate skills, enhancing leadership skills through virtual simulation, using online video simulation for educational leadership, using augmented reality in education, using open source software in education, using educational robotics laboratories to enhance active learning, and utilizing the virtual learning environment to encourage faculty reflection. This volume will also discuss a framework for deploying and assessing these technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Immersive Interfaces: Virtual Worlds, Gaming, and Simulation (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part C)

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Classroom Technologies: Classroom Response Systems and Mediated Discourse Technologies examines new research on how classroom response systems are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an epoch of increasing globalization and diversity. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine how classroom response systems are being used to improve collaboration and interactivity between students, to create engaging social learning communities in the classroom, and how these technologies are being used to create more meaningful and authentic learning experiences. This volume will also discuss a framework for adopting and deploying these technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention Using Classroom Technologies: Classroom Response Systems and Mediated Discourse Technologies (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part E)

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in e-Learning Environments: Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies examines new research on how online and blended learning technologies are being used in higher education to increase learner engagement in an era of increasing technological convergence and dependence. These enabling technologies are reshaping and reframing the practice of teaching and learning in higher education. Through case studies, surveys, and literature reviews, this volume will examine online and blended technologies are being used to improve academic literacies in students, to create engaging communities of practice, and how these technologies are being used to improve learner motivation and self-empowered learners. This volume will also discuss a framework for adopting and deploying these technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention in E-Learning Environments: Web 2.0 and Blended Learning Technologies (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part G)

Schools & Teaching

This collection is comprised of seven key books on the topic of increasing student engagement. These titles provide international coverage on the subject with a variety of practical applications and how they can be used in real settings by students and teachers. The volume includes coverage on: online learning activities such as wikis, blogs and webquests; social technologies such as Facebook, E-portfolios and other social networking services; immersive interfaces such as virtual worlds, gaming, and simulation; mobile applications including smartphones, Skype and texting technologies; classroom technologies i.e. classroom response systems and mediated discourse technologies; multimedia technologies including video annotation, multimedia applications, videoconferencing and transmedia storytelling; and, E-learning environments covering Web 2.0 and blended learning technologies.

Increasing Student Engagement and Retention (Cutting-edge Technologies in Higher Education, 6, Part A - G)

Virtual Worlds are a new interface through which people can meet and collaborate with others using their natural voice, sharing PowerPoint presentations, videos, team meetings, as well as other sorts of simulations and role playing. 'Education in Second Life' is an important type of distance learning. Certainly it enables classes to meet without the overhead that goes with the traditional brick and mortar classroom building. Also, the environmental impact associated with commuting is eliminated. This volume is a forum for leaders in utilizing the Second Life virtual world in higher education to share their experience and ideas. Second Life is free and readily accessible. The characters called avatars used in virtual worlds can gesticulate and smile creating an immediacy supporting learning. Some universities such as the Open University involve non-academic staff in using and supporting activity in virtual worlds. We hope this book will help you to join us in extending this new frontier of education.

Higher Education in Virtual Worlds: Teaching and Learning in Second Life (International Perspectives on Education and Society)

Jan Kingsley

Sociology

Emerald Publishing

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