Innovation in Instruction Design: Using Social Media to Enhance Learning

Summit Year: 
2011
Presented By: 
ALLEN C. JOHNSTON, PH.D. Assistant Professor Department of Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods, University of Alabama at Birmingham

The New Careers in Nursing 4th Annual Summit was held in Washington, DC in October 2011.  An array of topics was discussed concerning optimizing students’ success in accelerated programs. One of the more popular sessions voted on by attendees was by Allen Johnston, PhD, an assistant professor in the School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he presented on social media by describing today’s learners’ use of social media and the opportunities and challenges that exist for faculty to use these platforms for instruction.

A description of today learner’s use of social media and the opportunities and challenges that exist for faculty to use these platforms for instruction.

 

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