Teaching in an Age of Ubiquitous Social Media:

Mark A.M. Kramer | Manfred Tscheligi | Alexander Meschtscherjakov

An Informal Ethnographic Survey

Session B: Intercultural Perspectives in Higher Education Research

This paper is a work in progress and provides the observat ions and prel iminary results of a qual itat ive, unstructured research

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How is social media changing the way university lecturers teach in the classroom?

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Research

This paper highlights and shares observat ions related to the emerging culture of social media usage inside and outside the university classroom

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Technology is Ubiquitous Mobile, networked devices are omnipresent and ubiquitous within the modern university classroom

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The most common social media tools used within university classrooms observed are:

W hatsApp

Skype

Google Docs

Facebook Groups

Social Media is Ubiquitous

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Learning Management System He has his visit ing customers speak their camera issues into the app.

He’s able to give them a friendly, personalized experience by understanding exact ly

Seminar Group He has his visit ing customers speak their camera issues into the app.

He’s able to give them a friendly, personalized experience by understanding exact ly

Social Media in the Classroom

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Observat ions

How is the culture of learning changing because of social media?

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CONCLUSION Mark A.M. Kramer | @MAMK Doctoral Candidate

University of Salzburg Center for Human-Computer

Interaction

mark.kramer@stud.sbg.ac.at