{"id":1840,"date":"2012-08-16T14:51:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T14:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copyright.lboro.ac.uk\/elearning\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2012-08-16T14:51:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T14:51:18","slug":"are-you-making-the-most-of-social-media-to-support-your-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lboro.ac.uk\/teaching-learning\/2012\/08\/16\/are-you-making-the-most-of-social-media-to-support-your-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you making the most of social media to support your students?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[News release from JISC Announce 16.8.2012]<\/em><\/p>\n

Celebrating 10,000 followers… and our resources to help engage students through social media<\/p>\n

To celebrate our ten thousandth Twitter follower, we showcase some resources that can help you blog, tweet and interact your way to better student retention, marketing and teaching online.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Listen to a podcast on developing your social media strategy with Steph Gray of Helpful Technology<\/p>\n

<http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/inform\/inform33\/pageBLG\/podcast_icon.png<\/a>><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read JISC CETIS\u2019 ideas about using Twitter in the classroom<\/p>\n

<http:\/\/mashe.hawksey.info\/2010\/09\/twitter-utility\/<\/a>><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Learn\u00a0 how Cardiff (@cardiffio), Northumbria (@NUSSW) and Bristol (@UoBristol_Intl) universities use Twitter to support international students<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Reflect on how your PhD students are using social media and other new technologies to collaborate and stay up to date using the biggest ever survey of PhD students<\/p>\n

<http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/publications\/reports\/2012\/researchers-of-tomorrow.aspx<\/a>><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read the London School of Economics\u2019 guide to Tweeting for academics<\/p>\n

<http:\/\/www2.lse.ac.uk\/newsAndMedia\/news\/archives\/2011\/10\/twitter_guide.aspx?CMP=<\/a>><\/p>\n

6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Compare your university to other universities.<\/p>\n

Find out which social media networks others are using on the UK Web Focus blog post <http:\/\/ukwebfocus.wordpress.com\/2012\/06\/06\/guest-post-further-evidence-of-use-of-social-networks-in-the-uk-higher-education-sector\/<\/a>><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Read a case study on engaging students through blogging<\/p>\n

<http:\/\/www.jisc.ac.uk\/blog\/engage-students-through-blogging\/<\/a>><\/p>\n

\u00a0While you\u2019re keeping up to date online, don\u2019t forget to follow us @JISC on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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