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Sloan, When you do the microblogging you can set standards that require good grammar and punctuation, and good writing. This will prepare them for the needed to be professional in other social media such as LinkedIn. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Benefits of Microblogging Activities

Tanya, I like your thinking. It does change the environment of the online course. Sometimes that helps. Remember when the teacher showed a film in grade school? It may not been the best film but it changed the routine. Now, with all of the technology aspects including microblogging you can change the environment and engage students. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Educational Media Hosting and Sharing Sites

Donna, Great strategy. Why recreate the wheel? Many of the LMS platforms will allow you to integrate Youtube clips within so you can track those using (or not using it). This makes your courses so much richer without adding to your workload. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Assessment of Use of Media Sites

Hector, It is a great tool for that. You want to make sure that your rubric reflects your outcomes for the assignment and for the learning objectives of the course. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Assessment of Use of Media Sites

Jane, You said the magic words, "as long as the content meets the learning objectives". This is so important for using and assessing this type of project. You want to engage students without creating barriers for others. It will be a challenge. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Assessment of Use of Media Sites

Catherine, I agree with you. You will need to determine your objectives in using the media and create the rubric from your objectives. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Purpose of Social Networking

Hector, It really is a great tool. Students need to make the transition from personal to professional to make themselves marketable. We have to educate our students on the idea that what we say and do can follow us for a long time. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Purpose of Social Networking

George, It is amazing. We have to make students aware of the smaller world we are in and it can work for and against them. That is so important. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Purpose of Social Networking

Rachelle, What a great post! Social media does make anyone contactable. We are seeing more students develop job and internship opportunities through these avenues. Who knows what the future brings. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

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Content and Policy for Proper Use

Sloan, And they do look! There are new services much like a credit bureau check that will review social media and issue reports about specific people. The information could be as old as seven years. I actually had a student that was asked to give the potential employer her login information to facebook. Dr. Kelly Wilkinson