Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology?
Using the example of an undergraduate unit of study that is taught both on–campus and externally, but uses Internet–based learning in both cases, we explore how social media might be used effectively in higher education. We place into question the assumption that such technologies necessarily engage...
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| description | Using the example of an undergraduate unit of study that is taught both on–campus and externally, but uses Internet–based learning in both cases, we explore how social media might be used effectively in higher education. We place into question the assumption that such technologies necessarily engage students in constructivist learning; we argue that the affordances of social media must be complemented by social affordances, designed into the learning experience, which thereby generate the necessary connection between students’ motivations to study and their motivations to exploit social media. We demonstrate, via the example given, how assessment structures and strategies are the most effective focus when attempting to create the pedagogical affordances that might lead to collaborative learning. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-415202017-09-13T16:05:06Z Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? Tay, E. Allen, Matthew authentic assessment social media online learning Using the example of an undergraduate unit of study that is taught both on–campus and externally, but uses Internet–based learning in both cases, we explore how social media might be used effectively in higher education. We place into question the assumption that such technologies necessarily engage students in constructivist learning; we argue that the affordances of social media must be complemented by social affordances, designed into the learning experience, which thereby generate the necessary connection between students’ motivations to study and their motivations to exploit social media. We demonstrate, via the example given, how assessment structures and strategies are the most effective focus when attempting to create the pedagogical affordances that might lead to collaborative learning. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41520 10.1080/09523987.2011.607319 Taylor and Francis fulltext |
| spellingShingle | authentic assessment social media online learning Tay, E. Allen, Matthew Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| title | Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| title_full | Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| title_fullStr | Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| title_short | Designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| title_sort | designing social media into university learning: technology of collaboration or collaboration for technology? |
| topic | authentic assessment social media online learning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41520 |