Social Media and CPD

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Using Social Media to develop your own Personal
Learning Network Sue Beckingham and David Walker
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What is Social Media
Technologies that enable communication,
collaboration, participation and sharing. Hughes
A, 2009 for JISC
Social software, software that supports group
communications Shirky C, 2003
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Social Media is
Suter, Alexander and Kaplan, 2005
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Social Media An Ecology
An ecology, habitat, or studio is simply the
space for fostering connections. Networks occur
within something. They are influenced by the
environment and context of an organization,
school, or classroom. Certain ecologies are more
conducive to forming connections. ... Connection
barriers are aspects of an ecology. ... The
nature of the ecology influences the ease, type,
and health of networks created (Siemans 2007)
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Your personal choice of tools
Solis and Thomas (2009) http//www.theconversation
prism.com
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Communication Spectrum

• Collaborating
• Moderating
• Negotiating
• Debating
• Commenting
• Net meeting, Skyping, Video Conferencing
• Reviewing
• Questioning

• Replying
• Posting and Blogging
• Networking
• Contributing
• Chatting
• E-mailing
• Twittering/microblogging
• Instant Messaging
• Texting

Churches, A. (2009) Blooms Revised Digital
Taxonomy http//edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom27s
DigitalTaxonomy
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Your personal level of involvement

• Creators
• Conversationalists
• Critics
• Collectors
• Joiners
• Spectators
• Inactives

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Blooms Revised Digital Taxonomy
HOTS Higher Order Thinking Skills
Churches, A. (2009)
LOTS Lower Order Thinking Skills
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Fitting the right pieces together is personal to
you
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Personal Learning
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Its all learning
Informal Learning
Formal Learning
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Sir Ken Robinson (2010) RSA Animate - Changing
Education Paradigms
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The added social value gt

• Enables and provides support for learning
• Can increase the effectiveness of learning
• Can increase access to learning
• Allows people to connect with each other in spite
  of geographical distances
• Provides a forum and permission to participate
• Complements face to face communication

Adapted from George Siemens http//www.elearnspace
.org
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Use a PLN for asking and answering questions
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Use a PLN to collaborate on projects
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Use a PLN to get feedback on your own work or
seek inspiration from others
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A PLN may include specific tools to help you
get organised
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A PLN may include following blogs and
websites
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A PLN may also include a private space to reflect
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Learner 2.0

• Operate within decentralised and deliberately
  formed networks of tools, resources and people
• Established through contributions to blogs,
  tweets/tweeting via Twitter sharing slides
  (Slideshare) etc
• Crowdsource ideas, active/passive social search
  e.g. for research or assessment
• Importantly it is both personal and collaborative

Source David Hopkins, 2009, University of
Bournemouth http//www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk
_at_hopkinsdavid
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Graduate Attributes

Our country will need different kinds of
student experiences to enable its graduates to
contribute to the world of the future. Prof.
Paul Ramsden, JISC Student Experiences of
Technology http//www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/campaig
ns/studentexperiences.aspx
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Public Bloggers
Steve Wheeler
http//steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/
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Public Bloggers
Donald Clark
http//donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/
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Jane Hart
http//www.c4lpt.co.uk/
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Top 100 tools for learning 2011
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Activity

• In groups consider
• How do you currently inform your own professional
  development in relation to social media?
• What tools do you currently use and are there any
  youd consider trying to further your
  professional development or your role?

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Remember its a dialogue
http//www.flickr.com/photos/khalidalbaih/56538178
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Sue Beckingham Sheffield Hallam University
David Walker University of Dundee
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_at_suebecks
_at_drdjwalker