1st Edition
Using Social Media Effectively in the Classroom Blogs, Wikis, Twitter, and More
Unit I: Planning a Socially Enriched Learning Environment Chapter 1: Analysis in Virtual Worlds: The Influence of Learner Characteristics on Instructional Design, Aimee deNoyelles Chapter 2: Blurring the Lines: Teacher Insights on the Pitfalls and Possibilities of Incorporating Online Social Media into Instructional Design, Thomas Highley & Kay Kyeong-Ju Seo Chapter 3: Analysis of Second Life as a Delivery Mechanism in EFL Education, Kay Kyeong-Ju Seo, Noah Kreischer, & Muruvvet Demiral Unit II: Developing Powerful Instructional Strategies with Social Media Chapter 4: Designing Recorded Voice Reflection as a Pedagogical Strategy, Dana A. Tindall Chapter 5: Live in Your World, Learn in Ours: Virtual Worlds… Engaging the New Generation of Students! Elizabeth M. Hodge & Sharon Collins Chapter 6: Developing a Wiki for Problem-Based Online Instruction and Web 2.0 Exploration Teresa Franklin & Briju Thankachan Chapter 7: Learning and Teaching as Communicative Actions: Social Media as Educational Tool Scott J. Warren & Jenny S. Wakefield Unit III: Teaching Successfully with Social Media Chapter 8: Everyone’s All a-Twitter about Twitter: Three Operational Perspectives on Using Twitter in the Classroom Matthew Krüger-Ross, Richard D. Waters, & Tricia M. Farwell Chapter 9: Online Videos in the Classroom: Exploring the Opportunities and Barriers to the Use of YouTube in Teaching Introductory Sociology Nick Pearce & Elaine Tan Chapter 10: A Framework to Enrich Student Interaction via Cross-Institutional Microblogging Suku Sinnappan & Samar Zutshi Unit IV: Assessing Instructional Effectiveness with Social Media Chapter 11: Designing Assessments for Differentiated Instruction Using Social Media Applications Seung H. Kim & Ying Xie Chapter 12: VoiceThread as a Facilitator of Instructional Critique Jamie Smith & Teresa Franklin Chapter 13: Is There (still) a Place for Blogging in the Classroom?: Using Blogging to Assess Writing, Facilitate Engagement and Evaluate Student Attitudes Tricia M. Farwell & Matthew Krüger-Ross
Biography
Kay Kyeong-Ju Seo, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Instructional Design and Technology at the University of Cincinnati, USA.
