I've just read a brief article in Edudemic summarizing the results of the annual Pearson Social Media Use by Higher Education Faculty Survey . I was surprised to learn that just 55% of those surveyed reported using social media professionally, although this indicated an increase over the previous year. Faculty use of social media in teaching increased from 34% in 2012 to 41% in 2013. Blogs and wikis comprised a single category and were the heavy favorite for assignments in which students created or commented on content, followed by podcasts. Blogs and wikis and podcasts were equally used for read/watch/listen assignments. Twitter and Linked In were seldom used, and Facebook only marginally. The survey also reports on faculty attitudes about technology and communication as well as concerns about using social media in teaching.
After reading the article I noted the numbers in the "share" categories: 1,012 Tweets, 611 Facebook Likes, 351 Pins, and 175 Linked In shares. These numbers make me wonder: if I infer that faculty are tweeting the article, how can we encourage them to expand their use of Twitter in the classroom?
Read the article here:
How Social Media is Being Used In Education
http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education/
After reading the article I noted the numbers in the "share" categories: 1,012 Tweets, 611 Facebook Likes, 351 Pins, and 175 Linked In shares. These numbers make me wonder: if I infer that faculty are tweeting the article, how can we encourage them to expand their use of Twitter in the classroom?
Read the article here:
How Social Media is Being Used In Education
http://www.edudemic.com/social-media-in-education/
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