scholarly journals iArchi[tech]ture: Developing a mobile social media framework for pedagogical transformation

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Cochrane ◽  
David Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Educational Technology Research ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Pedagogical Change ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Pedagogical Changes

<p>This paper critiques the journey of pedagogical change over three mobile learning (mlearning) project iterations (2009 to 2011) within the context of a Bachelor of Architecture degree. The three projects were supported by an intentional community of practice model involving a partnership of an educational researcher/technologist, course lecturers, and course students. The pedagogical changes achieved over three years of sustained collaborative participatory action research illustrate the potential for using a community of practice model for supporting pedagogical transformation in broader educational contexts. The Architecture case study thus serves as an example of the ethical, sustained, and collaborative educational technology research called for by Reeves, Herrington, and Oliver (2005) and reiterated by others. We use the concept of the pedagogy-andragogy-heutagogy continuum as a measure of the pedagogical change achieved by the integration of mobile social media within the Architecture curriculum. From our experiences of utilizing mobile social media to support a pedagogical change towards heutagogy we develop a framework for scaffolding a move along the PAH continuum and explore the application of this framework to the establishment of a wider global community of practice (icollab11).</p><br />

Journalism 2.0

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Cochrane ◽  
Helen Sissons ◽  
Danni Mulrennan ◽  
Richard Pamatatau
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
Pedagogical Change ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Pedagogical Changes

This paper explores the impact of social media upon journalism education from two perspectives: both from the pedagogical changes Web 2.0 and mobile devices enable, and within the context of the changes in journalism that social media use are driving. A participatory action research approach was adopted, beginning with the establishment of a lecturer community of practice focusing upon exploring pedagogical change enabled by mobile social media while allowing the project to develop within a series of reflective interventions within the course. These interventions included the use of Twitter, blogging, QR Codes, and Facebook as part of authentic scenarios throughout the course. Drawing on this experience, the paper presents an emergent framework for a response to social media within journalism education, illustrating the positive impact of integrating the use of mobile social media on student engagement, collaboration and contextualising theory within authentic learning environments.

Exploring Adolescent Social Media Use in a High School: Tweeting Teens in a Bell Schedule World

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (14) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey A. Rutledge ◽  
Vanessa P. Dennen ◽  
Lauren M. Bagdy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Informal Learning ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
School Students ◽  
Social Media Use

This multilevel exploratory case study examined the intersection of adolescent social media use and administrators’ and teachers’ work in one Florida high school. Through a survey and activities with 48 high school students and interviews with 37 students and 18 administrators and teachers in a Florida high school, we explored the different ways that students and adults used social media both outside and in school. We found that students and adults engaged in active and intentional community building and informal learning across social media sites, however, these activities were largely separate from the formal activities in schools. We discuss the implications of this separation and its potential to energize high schools.

B2B social media content: engagement on LinkedIn

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Sundström ◽  
Klas Håkan Alm ◽  
Niklas Larsson ◽  
Oskar Dahlin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Media Content ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Customer Perceived Value ◽  
Business To Business

Purpose This paper aims to identify content strategies on social media that influence engagement and to analyze those operations to describe important features for co-creation and trust. Design/methodology/approach This paper addresses the question of how social media content can influence engagement by using a medium-sized Swedish company for an empirical case study. This empirical study is based on a participatory action research methodology. By using the company account on LinkedIn, the authors experimented with relational content to understand the effects on customer-perceived value and trust. Findings Results reveal that action-oriented messages had a more significant impact on engagement than product-oriented messages and value-based messages. Originality/value This paper builds on the existing literature in two ways: drawing upon business-to-business relationships and perceived value and using recent advances in the use of social networking sites to understand the value of co-creation through a participatory culture.

scholarly journals Eco-Discourses in a Virtual Rural Community

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3082
Author(s):  
Rozália Klára Bakó ◽  
László Attila Hubbes ◽  
Dénes Tamás
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Relationship

This case study explores social media discourses of a virtual ecovillage community based in Central Romania, in a Hungarian speaking region of Transylvania. The investigated virtual community embraces the idea of ecovillage as a local constructive answer to the challenges of the global ecological crisis, based on strategies of revitalizing local ethnic traditions, promoting sustainable development solutions, and innovations. Our key question is the relationship between tradition and innovation—as revealed by the discursive practices of the ecovillage Facebook group’s most active members. Using ecolinguistic discourse analysis as a frame of reference, the investigation unveiled the role social media played in fostering the formation of a virtual intentional community, and in clarifying the shared values of the group. We found that the local ecovillage is part of a larger regional and global movement, unfolding the organic connection between the Hungarian and the Romanian intentional communities, and the reframing of traditional values within innovative, sustainable everyday practices.

scholarly journals Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: mobile Web 2.0 informing a new institutional e-learning strategy

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Cochrane
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
Pedagogical Change ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Formal And Informal Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Selection Of

Mobile learning (m-learning) has moved beyond the realms of fantasy to become a viable platform for contextual learning that bridges formal and informal learning environments. This paper overviews how mobile Web 2.0 has been instrumental in facilitating pedagogical change and informing an institution’s new e-learning strategy that focuses upon social constructivist pedagogies. The project developedan intentional community of practice model for supporting new technology integration, pedagogical development, and institutional change. Beginning with a small selection of early adopter trials, the results of the research are now informinga wider integration of wireless mobile computing.

scholarly journals Eco-Discourses in a Virtual Rural Community

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rozália Klára Bakó ◽  
László Attila Hubbes ◽  
Dénes Tamás
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Intentional Community ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
The Relationship

This case study explores social media discourses of a virtual ecovillage community based in Central Romania, in a Hungarian speaking region of Transylvania. The investigated virtual community embraces the idea of ecovillage as a local constructive answer to the challenges of the global ecological crisis, based on strategies of revitalizing local ethnic traditions, promoting sustainable development solutions, and innovations. Our key question is the relationship between tradition and innovation—as revealed by the discursive practices of the ecovillage Facebook group most active members. Using ecolinguistic as a frame of reference, the investigation unveiled the role social media played in fostering the formation of a virtual intentional community, and in clarifying the shared values of the group. We found that the local ecovillage is part of a larger regional and global movement, unfolding the organic connection between the Hungarian and the Romanian intentional communities, and the reframing of traditional values within innovative, sustainable everyday practices.

scholarly journals Experience of developing Twitter-based communities of practice in higher education

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bex Lewis ◽  
David Rush
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Personal Network ◽  
Professional Network ◽  
Media Professional

This article presents the results of a case study of the use of a microblogging tool by a university academic to increase their knowledge and experience of social media for educational purposes. The academic had the role of digital steward in a university and attempted to use microblogging (Twitter) to increase professional contacts within the framework of a community of practice. Several types of data were collected and analysed. These included the structure of the network arising from the links formed with others by microblogging, the similarity of stated interests between the academic and others in the network, and the contents of postings such as their external references. It was found that a personal network had been established, with some of the characteristics of a community of practice. The activity demonstrated the utility of social media in supporting the professional development of academic staff using technology.Keywords: community of practice; technology steward; microblogging; social media; professional network(Published: 11 June 2013) Citation: Research in Learning Technology 2013, 21: 18598 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/rlt.v21i0.18598

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