#NHSocialEdu: Melding Collaborative Learning and Social Media

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#NHSocialEduMelding Collaborative Learning with

Social Media

Catherine LukianovCOM 600 Social Media Theory and Practice

April 18, 2013

PurposeSocial Media + Education = ?

Learneradvise.com

Research Questions1. What concepts in collaborative learning overlap with social media?2. How can social media be a tool for collaborative learning?

Mashable.com

What is Collaborative Learning?

● Working with others

● Common goal (Dooly, 2008)

● Students have control over what they learn (Dooly, 2008)

● Improve student learning (Carilli, 2013)

● Students are actively engaged (Cooper & Boyd, n.d.)

Other Learning Environments

● Peer learning

● Co-learning

● Partnered learning

● Cooperative learning

● Connected learning

● Participatory learning

www.Vanderbilt.edu

Learning Through Collaboration

● Partnered Learning

○ Partnering with peers, teachers, and others

● Co-Learning

○ Everyone is an expert

Partnered Learning

“The idea is that the teacher is not the

smartest person in the room. The

teacher does not have the answers...

The room is the smartest person ...we

are going to learn together.”

-Lisa Nielsen @InnovativeEdu

TheInnovativeEducator.blogspot.com

Co-Learning

"(It) reflect(s) the idea that all the participants brought

valuable insights, research, opinions, to whatever the topic

was, even if there was an "expert" involved as well."

-Beth Lawton

BethLLawton@gmail.com

Learning & Collaboration

● Collision of ideas

● New perspectives:

“To make ourselves a bit more

critical, more knowledgeable,

and more empathetic”

-Alec Couros @courosa

EducationalTechnology.ca/couros/

Goals of learning environments

● Collaboration

● Engagement

● Motivation & Empowerment

What can be considered social media?

Tools with a social component

A Social Medium

● Can it be used to share content and information?

● Can people communicate through it?

● Does it provide access to other individuals?

Forbes.com

What do social media bring to learning environments?

Access to Information"Independent learners can use

access to information and

communication tools to learn

outside the boundaries of

educational institutions, which

has never been widely possible

before.”

-Howard Rheingold @hrheingold

rheingold.com

Access to Others

● Connecting with the world -Audio clip

● Share your passion

● Transform the community

@InnovativeEduTheInnovativeEducator.blogspot.com

Access to Networking

● Educational networking

● Embrace the "teachable moment!"

BethLLawton@gmail.com

True Innovation

● Connecting in new ways ○ Tools○ Content○ Networking

● Collision of ideas

● The "Accidental Teacher"

@courosaEducationalTechnology.

ca/couros/

NewFrontiersInitiative.blogspot.com

Learning with social mediaCollaboration, engagement, motivation & empowerment

Collaboration

Participation!

“Students... can perform for each other instead of just the

teacher, can co-learn and co-assess their learning.”

-Howard Rheingold@hrheingold

Collaboration

Students are able to connect to a community that is

passionate about helping them learn.

-Alec Couros@courosa

SocialBusinessNews.com

Engagement

"The immediacy of technological options such as email and

IM'ing offer me a much higher likelihood of engaging

another person in my learning process."

-Beth LawtonBethLLawton@gmail.com

Engagement

When students know that they have the ability to change

something, they become engaged.

-Lisa Nielsen@InnovativeEdu

Unitar.org

Motivation & Empowerment

“They could write something and the other person could see

it, it was incredible. I couldn't believe how excited this

made the kids.”

-Lisa Nielsen@InnovativeEdu

Motivation & Empowerment

Students are "blown away by the connection, that someone

is actually reading (their work)... It changes and shapes the

way they actually work together."

-Alec Couros@courosa

Which platform is best?

Catherine LukianovCOM 600 Social Media Theory and Practice

April 18, 2013

Thank You! #NHSocialEduFor more information, questions, comments:

● @LukiKit

● +Kit Lukianov

● CaLukian [at] syr [dot] edu

● KitLukianov.WordPress.com

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