Social media for educators
Subtitle: strategies and best practices
By: Tanya Joosten
Edition: First edition.
Series: The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781118118283
Subjects: Social media; COMPUTERS / Web / Social Networking; Internet in education
Description: "This important book includes case studies and practical strategies to help design learning activities within a course that will take advantage of social media in order to better meet pedagogical needs and increase the course effectiveness. Administrators will also find the information useful for planning programmatic implementations and faculty development programs for the use of social media. Although the practical uses shared will focus on pedagogy in higher education, these uses can be generalized to other sectors such as K-12 or organizational learning. The issues addressed in the best practices and in faculty development can be informative for individuals involved in professional development and network building"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.