Facebook & Twitter for Learning at #IMEC8!

Facilitating a half-day hands-on 'Facebook & Twitter for Learning' workshop on the 13th March (2013) at the 8th International Medical Education Conference (IMEC-2013). Venue: International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia.

FACEBOOK & TWITTER WORKSHOP

Today more than one billion people use Facebook, and more than 500 million use Twitter to connect, share and interact with one another.  In this workshop, we will explore how we can use Facebook and Twitter to facilitate learning and teaching. 

During the hands-on activities, we will learn how to create Facebook Groups to engage students and conduct assignments, and create unique Twitter #hashtags to empower dedicated streams for sharing and learning. Finally, we will explore several Twitter apps to engage students in the classroom and beyond.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After this workshop, you will be able to:

• Use Facebook and Twitter to facilitate learning and teaching.
• Create Facebook Groups/Pages to engage students and conduct assignments.
• Create unique Twitter #hashtags for programmes, courses and events.
• Use Twitter apps to engage students in the classroom (and beyond).

PRESENTATION SLIDES

Facebook for Learning at #IMEC8 from Zaid Alsagoff


 

Twitter for Learning at #IMEC8 from Zaid Alsagoff


 

Facebook and Twitter are still cool learning tools, so don't miss this crash course :)