Location
Moakley 135
Start Time
13-1-2010 11:30 AM
End Time
13-1-2010 12:20 PM
Description
Social networks are ubiquitous in students’ (and many faculty members) non-academic lives. Facebook, My Space, LinkedIn, and Twitter have increasingly become part of our vernacular. The potential of social networks to connect and engage people with one another through various web-based mediums for free and with relative ease provides fertile ground for thinking about how these tools can enhance student learning in academic environments. This session will explore the possibilities and challenges of social using social networks with students for the purpose of academic learning. The presenters experience delivering a graduate course via a custom social network will be shared as will feedback from course participants’ about their experience engaging with content via a social network site.
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Social Networks as Tools for Learning in Higher Ed
Moakley 135
Social networks are ubiquitous in students’ (and many faculty members) non-academic lives. Facebook, My Space, LinkedIn, and Twitter have increasingly become part of our vernacular. The potential of social networks to connect and engage people with one another through various web-based mediums for free and with relative ease provides fertile ground for thinking about how these tools can enhance student learning in academic environments. This session will explore the possibilities and challenges of social using social networks with students for the purpose of academic learning. The presenters experience delivering a graduate course via a custom social network will be shared as will feedback from course participants’ about their experience engaging with content via a social network site.