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Social Media for Learning
The aim of this blog is to help you explore the different ways you can interact online using social media and the tools to help you do this.Introducing Social Media
Social Media is an umbrella term for web based and mobile technology that allows the user to produce and share information with others using text and/or media (video, audio, images), who in turn are then able to engage in a interactive dialogue about the content.
About me
Sue is an Associate Professor Learning and Teaching and National Teaching Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University; a Visiting Professor at Arden University and a Visiting Fellow at Edge Hill University. She is also a Principal Fellow of the HEA, a Senior Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association, a Certified Management and Business Educator and a Member of the Association of Learning Technology.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suebeckingham/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/suebecks.bsky.social
Twitter X: https://x.com/suebecksKeynotes and presentations: https://www.suebeckingham.com/p/conference.html
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My publications can be found on my Sheffield Hallam University profile page-
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Category Archives: Curation tools
Using Wakelet collections and spaces to curate personal and collaborative compilations
Wakelet is a free tool that enables the user to curate information from social networks to build social stories, bringing together a variety of different media that is scattered across the Web. It provides a space to then add an … Continue reading
The new way to curate social media posts and create stories using @wakelet
For many social media curators the impending end of free and open Storify, used extensively to create stories in the form of collections of tweets and other social media clips, was a huge blow. These stories saved and shared as … Continue reading
Need to get more organised? Meet Google Keep: save your thoughts, wherever you are and with who you want to
Google Keep has been on my mental list for some time but I hadn’t got around to using it until now. Why did I wait so long?! Keep can be downloaded as an iOS or Android app for use … Continue reading
Capturing those golden nuggets of information: the art of digital curation
Where do I save stuff? I always used to save items of interest that I happened upon online as favourites. However despite creating folders, in using this system I found retrieving something became harder and harder and I was not … Continue reading
A social and collaborative approach to annotation: @hypothes_is
Hypothes.is is a free social annotation tool which allows users to discuss, collaborate, organise your research, or take personal notes. Annotating can be public and open to anyone, confined to small groups or used by individuals. What does the Hypothes.is software do? The … Continue reading
Using Storify as a curation tool to build digital narratives
Storify is a free tool that enables the user to curate information from social networks to build social stories, bringing together a variety of different media that is scattered across the Web. It provides a space to then … Continue reading
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Social Media for Learning 