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The twitter chat I participated in took place on March 17th, 2018 from 7-8am (MST). Because it took place on St. Patrick's Day, they made it a St. Patrick's Day-themed chat! Many of the questions and discussions covered teaching experiences/practices for creating positive and beneficial teaching attitudes.

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"The phrase 'Luck of the Irish' can mean good luck or bad luck. What event has recently happened in your school that depicts the 'luck of the Irish'?"

*In this tweet I refer to schools as "lucky" for having access to high-tech resources in order to fit the prompt, however, as I have reflected, I realize that accessibility is not "luck". There are usually factors such as financial privilege, school grants, funding, and other resources that allow accessibility for technology within schools, not "luck".

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"The Celtic Knot (also known as 'endless knots' or 'mystic knots') are series of overlapping or interwoven knots which have no clear start or end. Thinking about your journey as an adult learner, what do you consider your #1 learning journey?"

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Responding to another educator's answer to Q6

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Responding to another educator's answer to Q6

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I was responding to this twitter user's A6 about using technology and social media to connect with other educators/professionals in order to continue learning as an adult.

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I found the NETP document that we've been discussing this semester helpful during my twitter chat, especially when discussing the accessibility to technology within public education. Technology plays a crucial role in education, however, some schools have access while others don't which can make implementing technology a challenge. This document outlines the importance of using technology within the classroom, which is why it's a major issue that some schools have access to updated technology while others do not.

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This is a source that I found that discusses the use of social media for educational purposes. Multiple educators within the #Nt2t chat answered Q6 with social media/technology related answers in connection with learning journeys as adults.

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Social media has gained credibility over the years as a trusted source of information and platform where organisations can interact with audiences.

We are seeing education institutions adapting these developments into their systems and relying on group resources and mechanisms to improve the student life. The use of social media in education provides students with the ability to get more useful information, to connect with learning groups and other educational systems that make education convenient.

Social network tools afford students and institutions with multiple opportunities to improve learning methods. Through these networks, you can incorporate social media plugins that enable sharing and interaction. Students can benefit from online tutorials and resources that are shared through social networks and LMS's.

There is valuable knowledge to be gained through social media such as analytics and insights on various topics or issues for study purposes. Social media is also a medium where students can establish beneficial connections for their careers. As an educational institution, it is crucial to be active in many social platforms possible, this helps create better student training strategies and shapes student culture.

Connecting with experts on topics via social media

The great thing about using social media is that you soon learn who the experts are in particular fields and subjects. When you start following these experts you learn more and gain useful content from them, this empowers you to produce great results.

Social media has the ability to broaden your perspective on various subjects and gives illuminating, instant content that is new. You have the opportunity of engaging experts to get answers on topics that you may need help in.

Institutions communicate with students via YouTube and Facebook

Learning colleges have the ability to connect with students through social media networks such as Facebook, Google Plus groups, and YouTube. These channels can be used to communicate campus news, make announcements and provide students with useful information. This builds engagement between the College and students which help tackle many student issues through the group interactions.

Institutions can share supportive and positive posts that reach all students that are connected to the networks and pages. You can initiate hashtags on social media to engage students and online discussions that are helpful. Video is a prominent tool in social media trends that are effective and you can use it to share useful videos that inspire students and help them in their course subjects. Through social mediums such as YouTube, Facebook or Instagram live video the engagements between students and the institution can be sustained. It is advisable to be selective about which social platforms to use for the best practice.

It helps in Research process

Social media offers audience and subject monitoring tools that are useful and it is one of the best platforms to extract data. You can find out how the majority people feel about a particular topic or how experts perceive and advice on specific issues.

This can help students compile and produce useful content for research. Whether students are working on an assignment, working on a project or trying to gain more insight on a subject, some of the best information and results can be extracted from social media.

Enhanced Learning management systems

Learning management systems is a networking software that delivers educational programs and gives institutions other administrative activities. Social media learning in LMS can include instant chat functions, video, forums to share info and other lesson resources to help students.

Most LMS's come with built in social media integration and this drives instant interaction between the users and the system. The system strengthens student participation and makes team projects easy to collaborate.

The system exists to tackle student and learning related issues to improve education schemes. It is beneficial for institutions to use popular Learning management systems with social media integration to have the best reach and effect through the system. Other social learning benefits are live conferencing systems, webinar capability, share group reviews, blogs and much more.

Learners can build social credibility

Building a brand through the social networks can help students build a portfolio for their career. The platforms can be used to start sharing work while a student is still in the learning space. This is beneficial to the launch of a student's career it demonstrates the learning process has developed through their social media.

By reflecting on educational background and gaining exposure on social media builds social credibility and students come across as people who can offer their expertise in specified fields. This prepares and positions your career to have social credibility.

As social networks interactions advance in education systems, social media will become the number one means for solving education problems. The important benefit that networks build is the many helpful and beneficial tools and access that make learning become a pleasant process. A digital marketing qualification can inspire learners to know about the role of social media in education. This can lead to various social media and marketing job paths.

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We are seeing education institutions adapting these developments into their systems and relying on group resources and mechanisms to improve the student life. The use of social media in education provides students with the ability to get more useful information, to connect with learning groups and other educational systems that make education convenient.

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Similarly to Resource #2, this article discusses some benefits of implementing social media/technology into education.

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Faculty and students routinely use Facebook, Twitter and other social media in their personal lives, so how might those same tools be put to academic use? Here are some uses of social media for teaching and learning that I've been following.
1. Aggregating images and information to share with classmates or with interest groups that cut across courses and institutions
Example: A. Adam Glenn's article How Educators Are Using Pinterest for Showcasing, Curation provides several examples of collecting and sharing images in art, journalism and business classes (from the PBS blog Mediashift, March 20, 2012).
2. Gathering and sharing data collected with mobile devices during field work or travel abroad
Example: Professor Margaret Rubega uses Twitter for data collection and sharing in her Ecology and Evolutionary Biology class at the University of Connecticut (from Andrew Revkin in his New York Times blog, May 5, 2011.)
3. Creating a public profile to showcase personal research interests and to connect with a broad audience
Examples: Mark Anthony Neal in Duke University's African & African American Studies department uses a blog, Twitter, Facebook and other media to share his work with the public, while Misha Angrist in Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Public Policy is a regular contributor to the Public Library of Science blog. When MITx launched its open-access course in Spring 2012, it also provided an MITx Facebook page where instructors gather feedback from students and attract public attention to their new course model.
4. Using Twitter in class to keep students engaged and to get a sense of what students are thinking about during lectures
Examples: Prof. Monica Rankin and students at University of Texas at Dallas created a video to show their use of Twitter in a large history course. Prof. Mark Sample at George Mason University offers a number of ways to use a Twitter backchannel to analyze a film with students.
5. Forming student study groups with the use of Google+ Hangouts and other social tools
Example: Taylor Bell, a student at Boise State University, describes using YouTube and Google+ to study math with his fellow students.
6. Adding social tools to e-textbooks
Examples: The Kno textbook app has a "share" feature where students ask questions or plan study sessions with other students using the same textbook, while the Inkling textbook app lets students follow other students using the same book or create running discussions. Duke's School of Nursing is exploring the Kno textbook platform in Spring 2012.

All of these uses of social media in education have their controversies. The easy sharing of images and content creates opportunities for copyright violation and plagiarism. The personal promotion of one's work can become a cult of personality. Students can get distracted or fall into shallow thinking when they are using social media during class time or while studying. Having students engage with a public audience through blogging or Twitter can expose them to inflammatory comments and pointless arguments.

If you are using social media in your teaching or learning, or would like to explore ideas for doing so, contact CIT at learninginnovation@duke.edu. You might also be interested in our May workshops series, which includes a session on Social Media for Teaching.

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Six Ways to Use Social Media in Education - Duke Learning Innovation

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Faculty and students routinely use Facebook, Twitter and other social media in their personal lives, so how might those same tools be put to academic use? Here are some uses of social media for teaching and learning that I've been following. 1.

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Here is a short reflection about my experience participating in the #Nt2t twitter chat!