1. E-Learning Forum Social Media in Learning and Teaching Please help yourself to tea/coffee and remember to sign the attendance sheet The Twitter hashtag for this forum is #ELF0312

2. What do we mean by ‘social media’? Encompasses: Social networking Social video and photo Social bookmarking Social news & blogs Wikis Web-based Interactive Creation & exchange of user- generated content

3. Usage figures As of 31 st December 2011, Facebook had 845 million active users 1 On average there are 250 million tweets sent per day 2 There are over 4 billion YouTube video views per day 3 By the end of 2011, there were 181 million blogs in existence, up from 36 million only five years earlier 4

4. How can social media relate to learning and teaching? As usage grows, social media is becoming an intrinsic part of a daily routine Part of the students’ personal learning environment “New culture of learning” (Thomas & Seely-Brown, 2011) “Connectivism” – emphasis on the ability to connect to “information nodes and sources” rather than an accumulation of prior knowledge (Siemens, 2004)

5. Wider reading http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social- media-guide-researchers - Alan Cann (University of Leicester) http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/social- media-guide-researchers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqfeL1GWV_U - Alan Cann (University of Leicester) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqfeL1GWV_U http://www.educationarena.com/pdf/sample/sample-essay-selwyn.pdf - Dr Neil Selwyn (Institute of Education) http://www.educationarena.com/pdf/sample/sample-essay-selwyn.pdf http://heloukee.wordpress.com/ Helen Keegan (University of Salford) http://heloukee.wordpress.com/

6. Policy & guidelines http://www.kent.ac.uk/cm/guidelines/socialmedia/ Manage expectations Separate identities (work and personal) Technodeterminism – a risk?

7. Any questions? The Twitter hashtag for this forum is #ELF0312 elearning@kent.ac.uk www.kent.ac.uk/elearning

8. [1] Securities and Exchange Commission (February 1, 2012). "S-1 Registration Statement”. Retrieved March 13, 2012.S-1 Registration Statement [2] Tech Crunch (October 17, 2011). “Twitter is at 250 million tweets per day”. Retrieved March 13, 2012.Twitter is at 250 million tweets per day [3] YouTube Statistics (January 1, 2012). “Press Statistics”. Retrieved March 12, 2012.Press Statistics [4] Incite (March 8, 2012). “Buzz in the Blogosphere”. Retrieved March 13, 2012.Buzz in the Blogosphere Thomas, D. and Seely-Brown, J. A new culture of learning. Charleston, SC, Createspace, 2011. Siemens, G. ‘Connectivism: a learning theory for the digital age’, 2004,Connectivism: a learning theory for the digital age