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Tim Moriarty

The Innovative Educator: The World's Simplest Social Media Policy - 7 views

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/...plest-social-media-policy.html

shared by Tim Moriarty on 30 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Educators must get over their fears lest they make themselves irrelevant and leave their students unprepared.
    • Bob Johnson
      Bob Johnson on 30 Mar 12
       
      How do you feel about this statement? What, if any, fears do you have with bringing social media into your classroom? Learning environments are progressing towards social infrastructures but can's say I agree with the use of 'irrelevant' here but what are your thoughts? 
    • Larry Modaff
      Larry Modaff on 30 Mar 12
       
      "Fear" is a little extreme. Might be better to say challenged and sometimes frustrated over the emerging "need" to include social media in education. I'm still a big fan of the premise that technology--any and all technology including social media--should be used when and where it advances the learner toward one of the stated outcomes of the course. If the higher-ups here at WCC for some reason forced faculty to use social media (by that I mean the likes of Facebook, Twitter, You Tube), I would certainly use them more than I do today. Still, I would do so knowing that they don't necessarily move the student any closer to achieving the stated outcomes of the course. To use them just to use them (I feel) is counterproductive. I've heard many conference presentations where faculty have said their use of social media does improve "classroom climate." When asked, though, all of the presenters I've seen have said they're not sure they help students learn more about the topic. After this week, I can say that Diigo could definitely help students move toward course outcomes in many courses. If I was to use Diigo, I'd be sure to make using it part of the students' grade. By the way, anyone who uses the word "lest" is probably typing tongue-in-cheek. ;)
    • Daniel Ward
      Daniel Ward on 02 Apr 12
       
      I have to agree with Larry. Fear is an extreme word. These are new and emerging tools and thus not fully understood. They should be used specifically and evaluated carefully. To use them simply because thehy are available without making sure that they increase the chances of stdents achieving course objectives is unwise in my opinion. I have been teaching for nearly 30 years and have seen the rapid embrace of new technologies that were supposed to improve studet success in the classroom, yet after a decade or so, they were determined not to be the spectacular took they were supposed to be. Any tool shojuld be used in conjunction with achieving the course objectives.
    • Carrie Casper
      Carrie Casper on 02 Apr 12
       
      I agree that the idea is fear is a little much. We should also use social media thoughtfully in education, not just jump on board just because it is the next, biggest, newest thing. Will it actually help our students int he context of the classroom information. My other thought was for more widespread critical use of media sections should be put into the typical freshman introduction to college classes. Classes like College 101 or Freshmen seminar are supposed to expose students to college life a little, work on study skills and critical thinking why not also technology? It seems the perfect place and time to hit all the students as they are entering college. Then media prudence can be taught as well.
    • Tracy Limbrunner
      Tracy Limbrunner on 02 Apr 12
       
      "Will what you're about to share offend, surprise, or shock your current or future * Classmates * Teacher * Friends * Boyfriend/girlfriend * Family * Parents * Employer * Clients * Business partners in a way which critically jeopardizes your relationship? If you answer even one "Yes" for this short list of people, think long and hard before publishing your content."
    • Tracy Limbrunner
      Tracy Limbrunner on 02 Apr 12
       
      This sounds simple enough, but unfortunately I don't think everyone runs through this thought process before they post something on-line. Maybe young kids today are being taught this, but I don't think this was taught to initial users of this technology.
    • Daniel Ward
      Daniel Ward on 02 Apr 12
       
      I agree Tracy. Pre-planning is essential! Whre are you now? Where do you want to be? How long do you want to take to get there? What path do you want to follow? What resources do you want to use? I am concerned that educator who use these tools wil not take the time to think ahead making the learning experience less valuable and even doing the students a disservice.
    • Carrie Casper
      Carrie Casper on 02 Apr 12
       
      I kinda smiled when I saw this because this is basically asking kids not to act like kids. We can warn them and show them consequences but many are going to do it anyway, just like skipping class. They know better but it takes some time to act better.
    • Jo Lynn Sedgwick
      Jo Lynn Sedgwick on 02 Apr 12
       
      Tracy - I am so stealing that for my discussion group/Twitter group intro about using the the class discussion groups as forums strickly for discussing the course material. You're right, not enough people think about their comments/photos/posts getting into the "wrong" hands. They are so focused on shock value for one specific person or audience and they forget that anyone could eventually see it. I know you're right Carrie, kids will be kids, but sometimes they need to be reminded about the consequences because they honestly haven't even thought through what that could include.
  • “Will what you’re about to share offend, surprise, or shock your current or future Classmates  Teacher  Friends Boyfriend/girlfriend  Family Parents Employer Clients Business partners in a way which critically jeopardizes your relationship? If you answer even one “Yes” for this short list of people, think long and hard before publishing your content.”
    • Tracy Limbrunner
      Tracy Limbrunner on 02 Apr 12
       
      Hi, all this is a duplicate, but was trying to figure out how you were all posting text in gray.
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    • Tim Moriarty
      Tim Moriarty on 21 Apr 12
       
      This is a good policy.  There is a need to be able to easily and confidently separate interactions on a personal, academic and professional level.
  • Bob Johnson on 30 Mar 12
     
    I added this recent find about Social Networks into the mix.
  • Tim Moriarty on 21 Apr 12
     
    Also agree that "fear" is too extreme a word. I love technology but am always cautious to embrace it until I'm reasonable confident that it will be effective. Efficacy is the most important criteria.
Bob Johnson

European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning - 10 views

www.eurodl.org/?p=current&article=430

E-Learning university

shared by Bob Johnson on 09 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • "...perhaps fifteen or twenty years from now, with centralised production and   decentralised distribution systems, with privatisation of education, with new teaching and diagnostic and evaluation and administration strategies, we will have such new teacher roles, such new teacher skills, such new pay scales, and such new distributions of where teachers work, that the model we see for education will be fundamentally different from what we have seen in the last hundred years. It will be a completely new Profession" (Dede, 1982).
    • Bob Johnson
      Bob Johnson on 15 Mar 12
       
      Roughly 10 years before the Internet, a prediction that may lack specifics but largely has been a phase education has been going through in recent years let alone what the future will bring with increasing number of studies being done creeating new pressures and changes in education.
  • New Challenges Facing Universities in the Internet-Driven Global Environment
    • Bob Johnson
      Bob Johnson on 15 Mar 12
       
      The impact to education brought forward in this article may tie in closer to the 4 year university and graduate school arenas but any changes would likely filter down to other sectors. Many predictions are presented on the changes in teaching in this article. How do you see the impact of the predicted changes and other complications playing out within the Waubonsee setting and within your courses?
    • Larry Modaff
      Larry Modaff on 28 Mar 12
       
      Bob -- The predictions were both creative and daunting. The one that captured my attention the most was the idea of teachers as "specialists," either as lecturers, graders, etc. I doubt that would happen in the 15 or so years before I consider retirement ;). Still, the notion of learning without walls, borders, or a required shared space may well have a place. I hope we are never "forced" into such an arrangement as it might represent too much of a culture shock for the whole system (learners included). I heard a great presentation at a conference a few years ago about this very thing. The presenter described what he called "learning pods" that a person might have at their homes or the public library. The pod would include a touch pad through which lectures, exams, discussion boards could be accessed and utilized. Some of these images are merely dreams (and some are nightmares), but until we conceive/dream something it is hard to imagine it being achieved. If/when the "universitae" goes gloabl, perhaps a new demand or urge for a the "communitae" arises. In other words, community colleges may be able to fill a niche left vacant by the global university idea. Instead of having to catch up or keep up with the way universities go, Waubonsee and others can retrench and reinvigorate the mission/vision of community colleges. We should never abandon technology, but could use it more creative ways that start with the live contact of a shared space (i.e. a classroom).
    • Jo Lynn Sedgwick
      Jo Lynn Sedgwick on 28 Mar 12
       
      Larry - I agree with you! I don't think having only virtual learning through the "learning pods" and the like as the only means of learning is a good idea. Think about how many students fail to succeed the first time through a course when they have an instructor guiding them, working with them and encouraging them, only to come back through a second time to be successful. These same students, if left on their own to figure it out & follow through, would most certainly never achieve success. They might start watching the lectures, look over an exam & decide it's too hard and walk away. The opportunity to learn is then lost, how sad would that be? Don't get me wrong - there are a lot of people I know personally who would love this type of learning environment simply because they need to keep their mind engaged and learning all the time, but those students are the exception and not the rule.
    • Bob Johnson
      Bob Johnson on 28 Mar 12
       
      A short article I just read is asking probing questions on the future of education with the release of a specific iPad App that holds a complete MBA program within it: http://ipadacademy.com/2010/11/complete-mba-education-in-a-single-ipad-app-a-challenge-to-the-status-quo I can't say that I get alarmed by news of the future but I do enjoy hearing different perspectives or fortune tellers to force me to analyze how I go about my work to improve or keep up with the advances. The questions I really liked considering were: Is this the next step in the evolution of online (on device) education? Could such apps reduce the need for expensive textbooks, classroom space, the traditional term of instruction tied to the calendar, and the technology infrastructure required to support on site and online instruction? Will new structures to assess learning and confer degrees for self-study emerge? The faculty related question on thinning the ranks doesn't apply in my mind. With all the talk of technology and what it could do, I don't really see anything out there that would accomplish that. Mainly due to technology being a tool (vehicle for delivery) and not a teacher.
  • anonymous on 30 Mar 12
     
    I really think the way we all learned sitting, listening and then testing is no longer relevant in todays newer generations. We are in an interesting postition as we teach at a community college and the average student age is 30ish. We encompass all age ranges and therefore need to teach in a dynamic environment. We need to accomodate the traditional learner like I described above and the newer learner, one that enjoys and learns best with innovation and social media. At Waubonsee, I forsee many hybrid classes forming in areas that typically haven't seen online versions in the past. Utilizing the newest social media and tools available, while still allowing for the the face to face class time the traditional student still needs. I think as time passes this will be more of what students will want therefore driving the changes within the college.
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