The co-creation of a digital escape room designed to develop students’ digital confidence

In this paper we set out the design and delivery of a digital, text-based escape room designed to provide a virtual induction and help to build students’ digital confidence. We begin by briefly explaining the reasoning behind our choice of game and platform and describing the staff-student partnership that delivered the project. We then describe the game itself, providing examples of some of the tasks, and showing how we embedded this in a large undergraduate class. We talk through our experiences of the process and present the results of the student evaluation and feedback. We end by reflecting on our experience and giving some practical suggestions for practitioners wishing to adapt this game for use in their own teaching.&nbsp

Using qualitative content analysis of social presence indicators within the Community of Inquiry model

In 2000, Garrison et al. developed the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework with the aim of structuring the process of learning in an online environment which consists of social, cognitive and teaching presence. Two approaches have been developed and applied to analyse data for the CoI framework: content analysis of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and the more regularly used CoI survey. However, these were developed just as social media was in its infancy. The CoI framework has been used regularly for Twitter analysis, but this paper argues that more qualitative content analysis is required and presents an updated coding table for qualitative content analysis of social presence in tweets

The Journal of Social Media for Learning : Full Journal: Volume 4, Issue 1, Conference Edition. ISSN2633-7843

The Journal of Social Media for Learning Conference 2023 Guest Editors for Conference EditionDr Sarah Honeychurch University of GlasgowDeb Baff JISCMark Breslin University of GlasgowSarah Hallam Edgehill UniversityProfessor Glenn Hurst University of YorkLaura Riella Edgehill UniversityDr Gabriella Rodolico University of GlasgowNina Walker University of Hertfordshire. Editoral TeamProfessor Dawne Irving-Bell BPP University (Editor in Chief) Sue Beckingham Sheffield Hallam UniversityDr Matt McLain Liverpool John Moores UniversityProfessor David Wooff BPP Universit

SocMedHE21 Expert Panel

SocMedHE21 Expert Panel

SocMedHE: More than a conference?

Using SocMedHE as a case study, in this paper we provide some examples of extracting and analysing information from tweets and we introduce some example tools for doing this. We also use these tools in order to explore some different ways in which we can play with this type of data. This paper is an extension of a conference presentation to SocMedHE21 (Turner 2021a)

Editorial

The Jounral of Social Media for Learning: Winter Edition&nbsp

The Cross-platform Social Engagement of Students

With social media being a ubiquitous part of the way students engage with each other, this study explores how media, journalism, and publishing students use social media both in and outwith the classroom. It focuses on how cohorts use social media during class times – how they are speaking to each other and scrolling social feeds – and how they communicate about course related content after class. This research highlights the obligation that some students feel to answer questions that come into the group social channels, while linking that obligation to a sense of reciprocity. It shows how these issues are embedded it in the value exchange of emotional labour and its relationship to gender. Not all students feel obligated to take part and many indicate levels of frustration at the stream of questions, which can, in turn, exacerbate negative mental health issues in students

Identity on Social Media

In this short piece I talk about identity on social media and compare it to a performance. I highlight the importance of an audience for online learners and emphasise that the connections that we forge in our online interactions are as real as the ones that we make in our off-line lives. I end by thanking my online communities for all of the support they continue to give me

Reflections on #SocMedHE20

A reflection on the #SocMedHE20 Tweetposium