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Times of India, 28 April 2013

Role of Social Media in Learning 13 - 14 November 2013 Dr. Venkat V S S Sastry Head of Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computing v.v.s.s.sastry@cranfield.ac.uk @ venkat_sastry. Learning is conversational Facilitates conversation Informal learning Collaboration Peer-to-peer learning

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Times of India, 28 April 2013

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  1. Role of Social Media in Learning13 - 14 November 2013Dr. Venkat V S S SastryHead of Applied Mathematics & Scientific Computingv.v.s.s.sastry@cranfield.ac.uk@venkat_sastry • Learning is conversational • Facilitates conversation • Informal learning • Collaboration • Peer-to-peer learning • Powerful tool to disseminate information • Helps leaners acclimatize better in their new environment • Types of learning content • Procedural knowledge • Declarative knowledge Times of India, 28 April 2013

  2. Media per se does not enhance learning, it facilitates learning

  3. Horizon Reports

  4. Tools current students are using now Source: Dabbagh and Kitsantas (2012)

  5. The Challenge How best to design learning content that exploits multi-channels that encourages conversation, collaboration and information aggregation?

  6. Strategy PLE Integrate informal and formal learning using PLEs, social media, and self-regulated learning Plan Self-Monitor Reflect (EDUCAUSE, 2009) Evaluate Self-regulated learner (Zimmerman, 2008)

  7. Learning Content

  8. Proposed design should include • Make the content learner centric • Make the content shareable across different channels • Provide opportunities for the learner to engage with the content • Enable collaboration and conversation • Enable learners to cite from attached material • Define some simple tasks they need to complete; Reward them with some “badges” • Provide opportunities to test themselves to make sure they understood/completed the key pieces of information • Engage with alumni in facebook-style community who can support the new students • Make full use of pedagogical affordances offered by social media

  9. Cultural aspects Source: http://geert-hofstede.com/united-states.html

  10. A community page on Facebook These discussions need to be moderated for any factual inaccuracies.

  11. A conversation in Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2396543407334&set=bc.AbqRnmo_TPdVZbAKs-Wxazm3zMmpG1ICshza1B7syE0yYteT_OwOJJTlEWtPqTuXMRau_UUJqfQHmozm8fUhj-k8AVIMFNd6JVBaGYe9aJEzotpHcktlrIMXL7PYQA2c8as&type=1&opaqueCursor=AbrcSV1mWHEYJhOsL1aaDoBQfMjOMS8w4kKd2pWKI1jbDlMpsde_BWrijJuqUdY7gbOs3FtJ0H_WKklo-gZ-MVin97MR8CvKna8-HhbhLEo8crTHJZIKLoUTH0cUOH3xHUHL6-hXFXv94_XHMa7bJJfzVdrkrlpQeycfR6njuunRThGSBak3VbUF3fK3mpDDV6gxF9N11PMqR2H15tWYuhJshCObwwbmP4zaQtfgfbV8cA&theater

  12. #preDISAM

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