Social media as a learning environment : how, why, where and when people learn Casey, Gail 2014, Social media as a learning environment : how, why, where and when people learn. In Griffin, Tabatha (ed), 2013 postgraduate research papers : a compendium, NCVER, Adelaide, S.Aust., pp.97-112. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads casey-socialmedia-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 1.02MB 149 Title Social media as a learning environment : how, why, where and when people learn Author(s) Casey, Gail orcid.org/0000-0001-5082-1569 Title of book 2013 postgraduate research papers : a compendium Editor(s) Griffin, Tabatha Publication date 2014 Chapter number 5 Total chapters 8 Start page 97 End page 112 Total pages 16 Publisher NCVER Place of Publication Adelaide, S.Aust. Keyword(s) social media action research active learning learning design Summary This paper reports on an 18-month high school action research study and how this could be used to inform course designers and educators in other sectors of education. The high school study focused on the integration of social media into the face-to-face classroom. It used action research in a Victorian public high school in a total of 13 of the author’s classes. Data collection was in three phases over an eighteen month period. This involved the teacher creating one online social network and sharing this dynamic environment with up to seven classes in a semester. Blogs, groups, chats, discussion forums, Web 2.0 tools and a wide range of student-generated content were shared online, within a class and between classes. Students were encouraged to interact and to share their thoughts and ideas about planning as well as using their out-of-school skills and knowledge. Each topic, within each class, was one action research cycle. A number of the findings from this high school study were integrated into post-secondary education subjects at Deakin University. In an era of social media, this high school study has provided insight into how, why, where and when students learn, and by blending many of the findings into Deakin University courses, this study offers a new way of approaching teaching and learning in the broader notion of tertiary education and training. Language eng Field of Research 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development 130306 Educational Technology and Computing Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category BN Other book chapter, or book chapter not attributed to Deakin Copyright notice ©2014, NCVER Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30065008 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Faculty of Business and Law Open Access Collection Deakin Learning Futures Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 18 Jul 2014, 17:01:47 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 10:25:21 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 14:06:54 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 14:15:29 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 14:48:40 EST Mon, 21 Jul 2014, 14:49:20 EST Mon, 22 Dec 2014, 12:57:37 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 07:25:29 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:08:22 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:13:45 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 154 Abstract Views, 150 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 18 Jul 2014, 17:01:33 EST by Gail Casey