Includes videos from the event.
Very useful site for people in education who want to find out more about technologies they can use.
Slideshow by Robin Smail of Pennsylvania State University.
YouTube video by Esther Barrett based on workshops she has given in the adult community learning sector for Jisc RSC Wales. It introduces ideas on 21st century customer engagement, and gives an overview of some key tools that you could use to enhance your engagement activity.
Jisc Legal's Top Tips for managing the use of social media effectively (February 2014)
Article written by Lis Parcell on social media for engagement, based on advice developed with Esther Barrett and other colleagues at Jisc RSC Wales.
Blog post from 2011, from the ICT for Language Teachers blog.
Paper by Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, Jennifer Groff and Jason Haas. An Education Arcade paper published by MIT in 2009.
News from the LLAS Centre team at the University of Southampton. Find out more at www.llas.ac.uk
38-page study by Teresa Mackinnon published in July 2013 by the Higher Education Academy. Includes reference to social media among other digital tools.
From the Guardian Teacher Network, May 2013.
"From vibrant communities on social media to inventive lessons using video conferencing, Joe Dale explores how languages teachers have embraced technology in the classroom"
A page at Bangor University giving links and advice on social media for modern languages students.
Blog post from Sept 2013 reflecting on a number of news stories highlighted the revolution that digital technologies are bringing about in teaching and learning. One example is of Facebook for learning and teaching at a Scottish college.
A new survey of colleges across Scotland shows that social media, and particularly YouTube, has firmly entered the learning environment as teaching and learning tools, with its use growing significantly year on year.
Are you making the most of social media to support your students?
This version was current in 2012. The document states "these guidelines have been informed by Social Media policies developed by the Universities of Glamorgan, Edinburgh, Heriot Watt and University of the Arts, London, and are based on recommendations from JISC Legal."
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List to support preparation for an event at Cardiff University 21 March 2014. Lis Parcell was asked to give a talk and facilitate discussion around the topic of social media and language teaching. New links may be added as further materials are identified.
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