Social Media /

Social Learning
The 21st
century
skills are
Isabelle Tearse and Amanda Brown highlighted
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Social Media

Websites and applications that

enable users to create and share
content or to participate in social
networking
Effects of Social Learning

Social Learning is when people learn from one

another through observation, imitation, and
modeling

Positive: It can offer a different perspective

Negative: It can form excessive grammar usage,

and poor reading/ writing
 Social Media in the Classroom
Using Social Media to teach Social Learning can include Teaching responsible
internet usage

Inclusion of all students

Presenting new material in a way to

get students involved in their learning
Example of Social Media/Social Learning

- Increases student motivation and engagement with course content

- Increases student-to-student interactions

- Increases student to instructor interactions

- Increases collaborative discussion making

- Things can easily be shared, considered, and reshared

- Removes barriers to self-expression and publishing

- Encourages academic risk taking

Review Quiz

1. Go to Socrative Student

2. Class Name is TEARSE

References
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www.edudemic.com/how-to-use-social-media-as-a-learning-tool-in-the-classroom/. Accessed 27 Sept. 2017.

Jones, George. How Does Social Media Slang Affect Learning? Edudemic, Edudemic, 5 Dec. 2016, www.edudemic.com/social-media-slang/. Accessed
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Sept. 2017.

Oswald, Marian. Play Nice! How to Promote Digital Inclusion and Stop Cyberbullying. Edudemic, Edudemic, 18 May 2016,

www.edudemic.com/play-nice-promote-digital-inclusion-stop-cyberbullying/. Accessed 27 Sept. 2017.

Ronan, Amanda. 6 Ways Social Media Can Change Your Classroom. Edudemic, 24 Mar. 2015, www.edudemic.com/twitter-college-lecture/. Accessed
27

Sept. 2017.
References
Shrader, Alex. Teens, Social Media, and Narcissism. Edudemic, Edudemic, 30 Jan. 2017, www.edudemic.com/teens-social-media-narcissism/. Accessed
27 Sept. 2017.

Social media | Definition of social media in English by Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford Dictionaries | English, Oxford Dictionaries,

en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/social_media. Accessed 27 Sept. 2017.

Staff, TeachThought. 7 Ways Twitter Promotes 21st Century Learning. TeachThought, 29 Aug. 2017. <ww.teachthought.com/technology/7-ways-
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