I've created the EdTech Tomorrow Facebook page for scholars, educators, and all those with a desire to come together to collaborate to create a better online learning environment.
About
The education system in North America is antiquated. As businesses move into the Internet Age so to should education to prepare students for working in a digital world. Current Learning Management Systems (LMS) are just migrating traditional learning methods to the internet. We need to start with a blank slate and revolutionize education as we know it. What is the best way we learn and teach online? Is it collaborative? Is it social? Is it gamified or all of the above?What do Internet Age businesses need from their workforce? Let's work together to bridge the gap.
Call-to-Action
A Twitter event has been set up to mobilize collaborators through various social media channels to get to know each other. After the initial Twitter meetup a regularly scheduled Twitter chat will take place using the hashtag #edtech2. To access the event registration site click "Sign Up" on the EdTech tomorrow Facebook page or go directly to Eventbrite to register.
Types of Posts
Articles
Articles will include quality research, news, and occasional humor for engagement.
Videos
Videos will be from a scholarly perspective. An educated dialogue will be encouraged.
Photos and Infographics
Relatable photos and infographics will be used to encourage engagement.
Getting Facebook followers to join a Twitter chat will be a challenge. The benefit is bringing small network Facebook followers to the random network environment of Twitter. Although there's a lower cluster co-efficient there isn't force or bias allowing for connections to be made which wouldn't normally (Findlay, 2010). According to Findlay, "This is why random re-wirings are so effective at reducing the ave. path length...they help connect clusters, or 'cliques' that might otherwise exist in isolation" (2010).
While Twitter will have a regularly scheduled chat, Facebook will have ongoing dialogue using the #EdTech2 hashtag.
Findlay, K. (2010). An introduction to network theory. Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/ervler/an-introduction-to-network-theory
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ReplyDeleteCool concept! I can definitely the scholarly feel you're going for. One suggestion would be to post comments and set readers up for the video/image that they're going to see. Although the title of the video may be included, it would be great to see your thoughts/the organization's thoughts about it. You can also pose a question to get readers engaged and participating in discussions.
ReplyDeleteI'd have to say, I couldn't agree more with your thoughts on the current platforms for online learning (at least the ones that I'm familiar with). I think that EdTech is a great idea for your capstone! Tapping into social media sites in order to gain a following for this type of movement is a brilliant idea. Odds are many students and educators experience the same frustrations as yourself, and one site bringing together opinions, suggestions, and expertise of many will benefit the whole. I can imagine a "long-tail" occurring in this type of situation, with a few people doing a lot of the contributing to the chats you've mentioned, and many people sitting back to observe. However, the fact that these chats will take place online in a public forum allows for some organic moderating by viewers. "Likes" and comments will likely be a good way to gauge the merit behind "long tail" contributor thoughts and ideas. Nice work!
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