Social media in the classroom : a simple yet complex hybrid environment for students Casey, Gail 2013, Social media in the classroom : a simple yet complex hybrid environment for students, Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 335-354. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Social media in the classroom : a simple yet complex hybrid environment for students Author(s) Casey, Gail orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-1569 Journal name Journal of educational multimedia and hypermedia Volume number 22 Issue number 1 Start page 335 End page 354 Total pages 20 Publisher Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Place of publication Chesapeake, Va. Publication date 2013-03-30 ISSN 1055-8896 Keyword(s) Social Media online learning learning and teaching Summary This article reports on part of the author’s PhD action research study. It examines the complexity of features that social media and Web 2.0 offer when combined with face-to-face teaching and learning. Action research was used to help redesign the learning programs of thirteen Middle Years classes over an eighteen month period. These learning programs took advantage of the unique communicative methods offered by social media and provided spaces such as blogs, groups and discussion forums. Students developed their own identity when working online, made online friends, left comments for peers and uploaded content which included publishing, peer reviewing and self assessment. The research highlighted the simplicity in the creation and exchange of user-generated content and interaction while identifying a complex depth behind such interaction. Designing learning programs using social media enabled the students to be active and valued participants in the learning process and a ‘hybrid’ learning environment Language eng Field of Research 130306 Educational Technology and Computing 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development 130106 Secondary Education Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2013, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30050592 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 16 Feb 2013, 14:57:16 EST Mon, 18 Feb 2013, 14:47:37 EST Wed, 20 Feb 2013, 13:30:32 EST Fri, 22 Feb 2013, 13:50:31 EST Fri, 22 Feb 2013, 13:51:57 EST Tue, 26 Feb 2013, 07:35:02 EST Tue, 26 Feb 2013, 07:35:34 EST Mon, 13 May 2013, 14:38:12 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 14:01:07 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 395 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sat, 16 Feb 2013, 14:57:04 EST by Gail Casey