Social MediaBarriers & Digital Literacy
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Meeasegill
NigelRobertso
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WaikatoUniversit
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IntroWhat I mean by Social
Barriers
Digital Literacy
What is Social?People
Interaction
Scale
Response time
ReachImages courtesy of Anirudh Koul & Giulia Forsythe and a CC license http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirudhkoul/3786725982/ & http://www.flickr.com/photos/gforsythe/7196460482/
6 8140 million 860 million>14 million >77 million
AgeUsersPosts/hour
Who would have predicted these outcomes?
Or social software being used in education ...
Barriers
PerceptualStructuralAwareness
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Time
I haven't got time to learn something new ...Is this
valid?
Do we have the wrong approach to 'new'?Image courtesy of Jill Clardy and a CC license
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillclardy/5069059182/
Fear"In such a technological age as we are currently living in, I hesitate to put myself “out there” as you so bravely have done. I have received the invitation to try out the LinkedIn system but began to wonder about having all that information floating around the internet. I'm so paranoid and I'm not sure why!" Blog comment
A lot of lecturers are entrenched in doing things in a certain way and don't necessarily have the confidence to try and use technology and be prepared to get it wrong. Toothill, J
Pedagogical
My existing pedagogy works
What possible reason is there to use Twitter?
I see no reason to change
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BarriersPerceptual
StructuralAwareness
Compliance1. Be relevant to the teaching and learning,
research, administration, community engagement, marketing and communication functions as outlined in the Policy ...
2. Be authorised by the head of the relevant organisational unit
3. Meet mandatory content standards.4. Comply with relevant international standards.5. Comply with relevant legislation.6. Comply with policies such as the Visual Standards
Policy, and the ICT Services and Facilities Use Agreement (under development).
But can you say that in
140 characters or less?
[(Non) Permissive Culture]
Permission
Who is allowed to engage with social media?
[(Non) Permissive Culture]
Technical
Is Facebook blocked?
Are you able to install clients e.g. Tweetdeck on your computer?
Are the sites you visit monitored and reported on?
[(Non) Permissive Culture]
BarriersPerceptualStructural
Awareness
LeadershipHands up if you have a VC who tweets
regularly
Take your hands down if they only tweet marketing things or if someone else writes their tweets for them
Where are the models and exemplars for staff to learn from? Where is the leadership?
Pedagogical
Few exemplars available
Often adopted as a single intervention, not part of developing a personal learning network or digital literacy approach
Digital LiteracyWhat is digital
literacy?
What is our approach?
How does it link to Social Media?
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Horizon Report NZ 2011Digital literacy is a key skill in every discipline and professionMost academics are not using new and compelling technologies for learning & teaching, nor for their own research
The abundance of resources & relationships easily accessible via the Internet challenges us to revisit our roles as educators
Digital Literacy"Digital literacy defines those
capabilities which fit an individual for living, learning and working in a digital society" JISC
"Digital Literacy is about mastering ideas, not keystrokes" Gilster, 1997
"Digital Literacy is a condition, not a threshold" Martin, 2006
We are all Natives
Digital Literacy ProjectDeveloping staff digital
literaciesConfident & agile Lifelong learning
This is critical for our university today
Digital literacy themes
OpennessParticipationSharingOnline
identitySafety
Wonder & curiosity
What are we doing?"3 before me"
Self paced video helpJust in time supportExplicit help
[Permissive culture]
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What are we doing?
Engaging senior leadership
Digital Literacy workshops
Yammer
[Permissive culture]
Opportunities
Promote researchProfessional connectionLifelong learningCollaboration opportunitiesActive learningSocially constructed learning
Personal benefit
Learner benefit
Social Media & Digital Literacy Benefits
Personal Learning Network
Research"..people will
download your research if you tell them about it."
Nearly 3000 downloads in 6 months over 9 papers (avg 320/paper)
Melissa Terras, UCL http://melissaterras.blogspot.ca/2012/04/is-blogging-and-tweeting-about-research.html
Twitter exampleAuthenticity
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Affordances
Ecosystem approach
BlogsYouTubeFlickrBookmarksTwitterRadio
Finally...Be openParticipateShareExploreExperimentBe real
End?Stay social, keep sharing
@easegill
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