Social media & post-graduate midwifery

Sarah Stewart 2012Australian College of Midwives

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What is social media?

“web-based and mobile technologies that turn communication into interactive dialogue”

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media

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Why is social media relevant to us as learners, teachers & researchers?

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Sharing

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Collaboration

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Support & mentoring

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Sharing advice

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Organize, advertise and take part in real time events/conferences

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Mobile options

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Following international events, issues and discussions, in real-time

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Taking class discussion to a wider audience

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Aid ongoing teacher and peer feedback

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Enhancing face-to-face relationships

Connecting students at a distance

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Grow online communities/networks

of learning

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Quick & easy access to latest research

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Develop writing skills

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Feedback on research

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Instant access to

international researchers & scholars

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Join online research communities

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Recruiting research

participants

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Dissemination of research results

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Develop e-portfolio

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Develop digital literacy skills

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Issues to think about

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Chicken or egg?What comes first

– pedagogy or technology?

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What is it you actually want to achieve?

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Facebook won't stop you being a rubbish teacher!?

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What support do you need?

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What support do your students

need?

How open do you want to be?

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What are the issues of privacy, security and professional online

behavior

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My 10 top tools

Twitter: #phdchathttp://phdchat.pbworks.com/w/page/33280234/PhD%20Chat

Blog: http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com

How to write a paper for publication in 6 weeks:

http://writingapaperin6weeks.wikispaces.com

Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Thesis-Whisperer/136762006343946

Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/sarahs

Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahmstewart

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/sarahmstewart

Google Docshttp://www.jordemoderforeningen.dk/fileadmin/Tidsskrift_for_

Jordemoedre/2012/09_2012/Will_you_be_my_friend.pdf

Delicious: http://delicious.com

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“Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.”

- Jay Baer, Convince & Convert

ResourcesResources

*http://mashable.com*http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book*http://www.slideshare.net/terrya/three-

generations-of-distance-education-pedagogy-challenges-and-opportunities

*http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Social%20Media

Contact

Email: Sarah.stewart@midwives.org.auFacebook:

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