Social Media for Learning Kelly Meeker LINGOs Member Meeting October | #LINGOS
Learning Objectives What We’re Talking About: Using Twitter Building a network Finding the conversations that matter Leading the way What We’re Not Talking About: Communications Fundraising
What is Social Media? Social Learning? Social Media are communication technologies enabling social interaction and the exchange of user-generated content. Social learning is the acquisition of knowledge, skills or competencies that occurs as the result of social interactions.
Where Does Social Media Fit?
Case Study: #lrnchat
Moments of Learning Need Learning for the first time Wanting to learn more Trying to remember Things change Something goes wrong Dr. Conrad Gott Fredson’s “5 Moments of Learning Need”
Definitions & Reading Twitter LinkTweetHandleName
Learning About Other Users
Basic Types of Tweets Basic Mentions Retweets Direct Messages
Sending Tweets
Examples of Twitter Networking
Favorites This can be a curriculum
Building Your Network Keyword searches Who to follow Look for this:
Hashtags & Chats
Lists
Introduce Yourself
Find the Conversations
Curate and Share
Tips on Being Private Facebook = Friend model Twitter = Follow model Google+ = Hybrid LinkedIn = Public
Social Media Policies
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