Using Social Media & Mobile Devices to Create an Online Community for Your Class

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Using Social Media & Mobile Devices to Create an Online Community for Your Class

Anthony Adornato | Assistant Professor, Journalism | March 21, 2014

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Creating an Online Community

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Creating an Online Community

Goalso Sense of place and community

o Complement in-class experience: Reinforce key concepts, topics, and readings

o Create excitement about course content

o Relevance beyond classroom

o Enable two-way communication in real-time

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Creating an Online Community

Closed Facebook Group

Twitter Hashtag (#ICParkSM)

Course website

Student blogs

Backchannel fordiscussions and assignments

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Sample Assignments

Tweet the book

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Sample Assignments

Tweet the book

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Sample Assignments

Tweet the book

Scavenger hunt with classes around the world

Twitter list of credible sources

Facebook Question of the Week

Connect with guest speakers

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Challenges

Grading

Personal SM use during class

Digital native Digital savvy

Access to mobile devices

Technostress!

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Outcomes of Online Community

Increased motivation and engagement with course content

Increased student-student and student-instructor interactions

More “relaxed” writing style, encouraging self-expression, creativity, and playfulness (Greenhow & Gleason, 2012)

Information literacy

Raises topical issues not addressed in the classroom

Professionalism on SM

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Surprise!

Prof A: “Anyone know the old guy who hijacked our hashtag?”Student: “That’s my dad!”