Why #DistEd Orgs should be using facebook
- 2. We are all social creatures Social Relationships: We Can't Do Without Them."
- 3. Is Facebook is just a social site or does it have educational benefits?
- 4. knowledge is not gained as an individual experience, but more so from collaborative social discussion about shared problems or risk. (Merriam, Caffarella & Baumgarter (2007, p.291), the Social Constructivists View)
- 5. The Human Factor: The Connection Between Social Networking and Learning The researchers found that student participation in an online social network may, in and of itself, lead to positive learning outcomes that could support the goals of retention and engagement in a university setting. Mary Arnold; Instructional Technologist http://elearningauthor.blogspot.com/ http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/769/the-human-factor-the-connection-between-social-networking-and- learning#.TqFexVfthwc.twitter
- 6. Benefits of Social Networking Services (SNS) Major findings significant benefits associated with use SNS including Delivering Educational Outcomes Facilitating Supportive Relationships Fosters strong sense of community and belonging Helps to successfully adapt to change and stressful events. Promotes internet and media literacy 2011 - Research Conducted by UWS, Murdoch Uni & Inspire Foundation (Cooperative Research Centre for Young People, Technology and Wellbeing, bringing together 63 partners in an enviable mix of world class youth researchers across 13 universities, innovative thinkers from industry and business, and mental health and youth advocates across the nongovernment and government sector.) http://ow.ly/8Kx2n YAW-CRC Research, 63 partners across 13 universities
- 7. Examining Social Presence in Online Courses in Relation to Students' Perceived Learning and Satisfaction Research has demonstrated that social presence not only affects outcomes but also student, and possibly instructor, satisfaction with a course. Teacher immediacy behaviors and the presence of others are especially important issues for those involved in delivering online education. Jennifer C. Richardson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Educational Technology, Purdue University Karen Swan, Ph.D. Research Center for Educational Technology Kent State University
- 8. Online Learning Balance http://youtu.be/Zv-_GCFdLdo Richard Culatta, Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the US Department of Education
- 11. Number of Aussies on Facebook 26 Jan 2012 - 10,703,340 Penetration of Online Population 62.84%
- 12. User Age Distribution for Facebook Australia Fastest Growing Group Over 35s
- 13. Why Facebook? Community Engaging Flexibility Mobile Collaborative UGC Informal Learning Our students are ALREADY there Response from recent survey
- 14. Survey Course Completion
- 15. Survey Help Desk
- 16. Pages vs. Groups Pages Promotion (Public Face) Groups Private Club/Classroom Public & searchable Public, closed or secret Professional Branding No Branding News Feed Notification of post Cannot see other fans Can see other members Can add apps; youtube etc. Share & upload docs & group chat, no apps No internal search Search Feature Vanity URL No vanity URL Anyone can search, find and join a Page Anyone who is a member can add another member Insights No Insights Admin not seen Admin seen Photos can be organised in albums No albums
- 18. Facebook Groups - Personalised Learning Experience Teachers can bring their personality to group Teachers get to know their students Students get to know their teachers Similar to a classroom situation Opportunities to enhance teaching and learning for our students Techniques; tips, polls, links to resources, questions & answers, collaborative projects.
- 20. OTEN Facebook Presence OTEN Page 7300 LIKES, 40 Pages & 75 Groups for Teaching sections
Editor's Notes
- #9: good learning is inherently a social activity, people learn about content as they interact with other people. We need to design online learning around this. Respected Educational researcher Michael Moore in 1989 said that there are 3 types of interaction that need to exist to have an effective online user experience. learner >< learner, is learner >< Teacher, and learner >< content?If we looked at a Pie Chart, most organisations would have a large percentage in the Content range. Facebook can give the learner the Learner to Learner interaction and also increase the Learner to Teacher/Expert interaction.
- #10: Open University is a world leader in modern distance learning
- #14: So Why should we engage our students on Facebook?Community (distance isolated)studentsEngage with other students and teachers in THEIR space as they do in their daily livesFlexible on Mobile (accessible anywhere)Collaborative UGC (User generated content) Informal learningOur students are ALREADY there, they dont have to be forced into other platforms.
- #15: This is because students engage with a community of students studying the same course, have a more personal experience with their teachers and are no longer isolated.
- #17: Point on News Feed (pages) & Notification (groups) Group posts dont go to your newsfeed. Instead, you get a notification that someone has posted in the group. This can be both good and bad its good because people definitely wont miss it, no matter how long after you post the content they log onto facebook. HOWEVER, sometimes when there is too much posting going on it just gets so annoying a lot of people choose to change their notification settings so that they dont receive these anymore. As the posts arent fed to your Facebook newsfeed, you effectively forget about the group forever because there is nothing prompting you to visit.Groups are much more like a virtual classroom, whereas pages are like your public face. Each has a different purpose, depending on your purpose you can chose either one, or you may use both. We have found that groups are great for students starting courses and targeting specific units or groups of units.
- #18: Show the page
- #21: ACTION: OPEN UP OTEN PROFILE AND SHOW SOME GROUPS