Teaching in an Age of Ubiquitous Social Media:

Mark A.M. Kramer | Manfred Tscheligi | Alexander Meschtscherjakov

An Informal Ethnographic Survey

Session B: Intercultural Perspectives in Higher Education Research

Research

This paper highlights and shares observations related to the emerging culture of social media usage inside and outside the university classroom

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This paper is a work in progress and provides the observations and preliminary results of a qualitative, unstructured research

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How is social media changing the way university lecturers teach in the classroom?

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Technology is UbiquitousMobile, networked devices are omnipresent and ubiquitous within the modern university classroom

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The most common social media tools used within university classrooms observed are:

● WhatsApp● Skype● Google Docs● Facebook Groups

Social Media is Ubiquitous

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Learning Management System

He has his visiting customers speak their camera issues into the app.

He’s able to give them a friendly, personalized experience by understanding exactly what they need.

Seminar Group

He has his visiting customers speak their camera issues into the app.

He’s able to give them a friendly, personalized experience by understanding exactly what they need.

Social Media in the Classroom

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Observations

How is the culture of learning changing because of social media?

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CONCLUSION Mark A.M. Kramer | @MAMKDoctoral Candidate

University of SalzburgCenter for Human-Computer

Interaction

mark.kramer@stud.sbg.ac.at