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Allan Gyorke

Social Media in the Classroom? - Walking in LA - 4 views

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social media faculty

shared by Allan Gyorke on 26 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Some of the key takeaways are: 38% of respondents agree or strongly agree that educators should use social media to reach students where they are, while 24% disagree or strongly disagree.  To me, the fact that 39% rated this item as "neutral" says that many faculty are still trying to figure this out.  58% agree or strongly agree that social media can be a valuable tool for collaborative learning, and 70% believe video, podcasts, blogs and wikis are valuable tools for teaching.80% of faculty reported that they were using social media in some aspect of a course that they are teaching.  A smaller number of respondents felt Facebook and Twitter had value in the classroom, though it was interesting to see that they rated Facebook as a tool that they use personally (57%) and professionally (45%) outside of class.  The statistic that really blew me away was the fact that 91% of faculty use social media either for professional purposes or in their classes, or both, and a similar study conducted by McKinsey of workplaces showed only 47% used it.  Are faculty in higher education more cutting edge than they are given credit for?  This statistic seems to indicate that. 
  • Allan Gyorke on 26 Apr 11
     
    John Dolan's highlights of a new Pearson-related study on perceptions of social media in higher education. Some interesting stuff in there. I'll have to look more closely at the study to see if I can trust some of these findings.
Cole Camplese

The Who, Why, And How Of Twitter - 5 views

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twitter psutlt statistics

shared by Cole Camplese on 03 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • bartmon on 07 Jun 11
     
    Nice graphic. Unfortunately I can't find an "N" value for overall twitter accounts. I always find it interesting to compare this to some of the popular Zynga data. For instance: 20.6 million US adults access twitter once a month 59 million zynga players access a zynga game at least once a day Last I heard, the total Zynga account tally was at 277m (if viewed as a country, Zynga would be the fourth largest behind the US). At one point, more people were playing farmville than there were twitter accounts, but that stat is 2 years old so I'm sure that's changed quite a bit (but in what direction, I have no idea).
  • Allan Gyorke on 08 Jun 11
     
    Agreed - I like the way this is presented, especially the 8% on the U.S. map. I might have to steal that one.
Allan Gyorke

Recording Video Lectures - Part 0 - JShook - 3 views

www.personal.psu.edu/...g-video-lectures---part-0.html

lecture capture kahn academy mobile learning

shared by Allan Gyorke on 20 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Allan Gyorke on 20 Jun 11
     
    "After carefully considering all of these, other online sources found by searching for terms such as 'tablet PC' and 'lecture recording' and presentations by others at the Teaching and Learning Symposium at Penn State I decided to purchase a powerful Lenovo Tablet PC with Windows 7, Microsoft One Note, and Camtasia Studio 7.0. I plan on taking my .docx lectures into One Note, opening the page in One Note during class, and recording the screen with Camtasia studio as I go through the lecture, writing on the tablet PC with the stylus pen as I speak to students about each topic. Then I can save my screen capture and edit it into nice 10-15 minute segments in Camtasia Studio and post them online for student review."
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  • Allan Gyorke on 20 Jun 11
     
    I'm interested in exploring a Kahn Academy approach and I've gotten some inquiries about how to do it from others (recently Carol McQuiggan). Between lecture capture software, Camtasia, iPads, tablet PCs, bamboo tablets, and other software/input device combinations, I'm sure we can come up with a supportable combination. The trick is to make it easy for faculty, similar to the one-button studio project.
  • bartmon on 21 Jun 11
     
    We're talking a lot about the "make it easy for faculty" part in the lecture capture working group. Something the research seems to indicate is that pre-recorded lectures (for example, a faculty member sitting in front of a camera and mic, recording without any students 'late night' style) are more effective than a faculty member simply recording a lecture in front of x number of students. It's much easier to hit the 'play' button and do your normal lecture in class vs. taking the time to pre-record. Hopefully we can find a happy medium. I recently spent a lot of time with Khan Academy, both looking for statistical help for myself and asking faculty about it. A group of about 40 STEM faculty took a look at it upon our request and came back not impressed. A couple said they might use it for supplemental instruction...I'm somewhat baffled why more faculty wouldn't want to use this to supplement their course.
  • Allan Gyorke on 21 Jun 11
     
    I know what you mean Bart. I've found that to be the case with podcasting - a recording made for an external audience is more engaging because the person is talking to you. It has a very different feel than a recording of a meeting, presentation, or training session where the presenter is primarily addressing a local audience.
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