Social Media in Education Course

Social media in higher education increases as educators find ways to incorporate technology to engage their students and enhance learning not just through face-to-face but also in online learning. Many scholars and researchers may argue that there is not enough evidence that the use of social media will be successful because the data gathered was limited to surveys and questionnaires. There are no definitive findings as to how much the impact is and up to what extent social media can help in the learning process. On the other hand, media sharing tools and sites such as Google tools and YouTube have been skyrocketing in use. A lot of educator uses YouTube to supplement their teaching with videos. Faculties are also using Google Docs for face-to-face and online collaboration.

These tools are used extensively, whether in the right way or not. Since it is widely used in education, why not create resources to equip our educators and provide them with the best way to use the tools in the classroom or online courses. With the right design of tutorials and modules, specific learning objectives and outcomes, the right questions to assess the validity and effectiveness, the integration and ease of use of these technologies will be a breeze.

To showcase the usage of social media in education, I designed a short course in Canvas. This course was also used as a supplement for my presentation at OLC Accelerate 2018 in Orlando, Florida.

Presentation Topic: Use of Social Media for Active Learning and Student Engagement