Category Archives: Social Media

Teens and (social) media – a snapshot over three decades

Posted on June 12, 2015 by

This infographic created by Teensafe provides a great visual of the changing focus on technology use. First of all it considers changes in teenagers social lives and the impact media has had. The use of the phone for example for talking … Continue reading →

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What NOT to post on social media

Posted on May 8, 2015 by

Maslow’s Hierarchy of social media engagement: http://t.co/lKfbfWqodD pic.twitter.com/iRqvIQtcMM — Hootsuite (@hootsuite) May 3, 2015   For many of us social media has pervaded our lives, not only socially but as spaces to interact professionally within too. Ubiquitous access to mobile … Continue reading →

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Social media etiquette – some useful reminders

Posted on March 23, 2015 by

  The social media etiquette guide for business presented below as an infographic provides some excellent tips that ALL users of social media can learn from and adopt. It is important to consider etiquette both as polite and acceptable behaviours but … Continue reading →

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An A-Z collection of social media tools, terms and glossaries

Posted on January 6, 2015 by

Social Media terms blur Group: An A-Z social media glossary Hootsuite: 154 essential definitions Hubspot: 120 social media terms explained IBM: Glossary of social media terms Socialbrite: The Top 100 words & phrases in the social media dictionary Social Media tools … Continue reading →

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A scaffolded approach to develop digital and social media skills to support PERSONALised student PPDP

Posted on December 6, 2014 by

  PPDP is personal and professional development planning Providing students opportunities to develop professional digital and social media skills can support meaningful engagement with personal and professional development (PPDP).

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Social Enlightenment: What enterprise wide use of social business ‘could’ look like

Posted on October 23, 2014 by

Image source: Jive Social Click on the image to enlarge “Overcome the suffering that email, legacy systems, and archaic processes bring. Let go of your frustration with not finding answers. There’s a path to enlightenment for every part of your company.” … Continue reading →

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Extending your reach beyond the conference using SlideShare and Social Media

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

Over the years I have attended a good number of educational conferences. The usual format will include one or more keynote speakers and a selection of workshops and presentations. For many of these, presenters will prepare a set of presentation … Continue reading →

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Using social media for learning, teaching and research

Posted on August 10, 2014 by

We want our students to develop confident face to face and online communication skills work collaboratively both synchronously and asynchronously develop a professional online presence use digital tools responsibly and effectively To help our students develop these skills and knowledge … Continue reading →

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Using Social Media in the Social Age of Learning #lifewidelearning

Posted on June 14, 2014 by

Lifewide Magazine is published four times a year under a Creative Commons license. Each issue examines a different aspect of lifewide learning, education, personal development and achievement. For this latest issue my colleague Chrissi Nerantzi and myself were invited by … Continue reading →

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Hurrah! An easy way to attribute Flickr images

Posted on April 15, 2014 by

 Image source: creative commons licensed (BY-NC-ND) flickr photo by Jonas Tana: http://flickr.com/photos/jonastana/6280941316 Flickr is an image and video hosting site. Registering an account also allows users to create a profile page containing photos and videos that the user has uploaded. Users uploading an … Continue reading →

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