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A new future is coming to education. Online shopping, searching and social networks came first-education is next. OCLC's newest user perceptions study, iAt a Tipping Point: Education, Learning and Libraries/i, explores how empowered consumers, fueled by economic incentives, are using online learning platforms and MOOCs to set new expectations for education-and for libraries. The report explores the behaviors, perceptions and motivations of online learners: how they are evaluating the cost/value trade-offs of higher education, how they are using and succeeding with online education-and their use and perceptions of the library.

I found this on Carole Guert's twitter account. Thanks Carole! It links through to the latest OCLC report. A good comparison to the older version noted in our Modules. Thought you would be interested Gavin.

Posted by Saga Briggs on Monday, November 11, 2013 · 8 Comments If you don't have a YouTube channel as an education provider, there's a good chance you're behind the times. Nearly every major educational institution in the world now hosts its own collection of videos featuring news, lectures, tutorials, and open courseware.

Lisa Nielsen promotes the effective use of social media in education and is concerned that teachers do not fully understand their potential, nor best practice. She recommends conversation as an excellent way of supporting teachers in having a go. She provides two lists of conversation starters worthy of discussion in relation to particular contexts. While not promoting them as "Do and Don't" she has, however, divided them into Recommended, and Think twice before... Topics include: best practice for interacting with students; managing your online identity; role and responsibilities of parents, and managing online spaces. The lists provide an excellent basis for the development of a social media policy for schools.

This document from New South Wales Education & Training provides social media guidelines for the department's employees. The value of social media is noted and employees are made aware of what is required for responsible use of social media for personal and professional use. While this is not a library policy, aspects could be adapted for library use. The guidelines are clearly summarised in large font on a single page and then followed up with more detail.

This document in produced by the Department of Education and Training (DET) in 2011. It provides a set of guidelines for staff DET use of social media. Useful in the educational context.

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Thanks Carole, I like this, but also the "History of tablet computers" on Wikipedia.org..

Web 2.0 applications are changing how educators interact both with each other and with their students. Educators can use these new Web tools daily to create, share, socialize, and collaborate with students, colleagues, and newly developed network contacts. School librarians are finding that Web 2.0 tools are bringing them more ways to embrace and promote new learning environments for the 21st-century learner.

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Whilst not a social media policy, the Queensland's Department of Education Standard of Practice document is an example of how principles relating to the appropriate use of social media can be communicated as part of a larger document that aims to clarify the ethical principles, values and standards of conduct that employees are expected to abide by.

From Med Kharbach: The potential of social networking sites in education is huge and we need to capitalize on it to enhance our professional development and consequently improve the quality of our instruction. Searching for articles on this topic , I came across Doug Johnson's post on the 10 social media competencies for teachers. I like the competencies Doug included and decided to make an infographic featuring all of these skills. Have a look and share with your colleagues.

Johannessen, Hilde. (2017). Teaching Source Criticism to Students in Higher Education. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100630-6.00006-0. https://twitter.com/hildetd

This policy informs Western Australia Department of Education employees of the potential damage their personal use of social media can directly or indirectly affect the Department. Specific areas of interest in this policy include the legitimate and non-legitimate use of social media, the identification of key risk areas, and the duty of care towards students.

In this concise four page guide (produced by Edutopia in collaboration with Facebook) educator and author Steven Anderson (@web20classroom) provides a very practical, step-by-step guide to developing a school social media policy. The seven steps start with "Examine your school culture" and conclude with "Review periodically". Each step includes reflection questions (for example "What are the fears around social media in school?" and "Does everyone on the team share the same goal?") and/or links to further resources as appropriate.

An example of an actual policy, this is clearly written, in accessible language, and there is support for the use of online communities with students for educational purposes if the explicit procedures and expectations are followed. The policy for the personal use of social media clearly outlines what is and is not acceptable and there is excellent practical advice for teachers to consider in order to maintain professional standards. My only question is has this been reviewed? It is dated February 2011 with a review date of March 2012 but this is the only version available (from CEO Sydney website) as of January 2015.

"Twitter is real. The connections that are forged by communicating, sharing and learning together as teachers are real. Twitter is real. Twitter as a platform to bring educators from around the world together to string their learning and conversations together."