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Social Media Report. Using Social Media in the Higher Education Classroom. Social media has changed the world.

Using Social Media in the Higher Education Classroom

It has allowed people to reconnect with old friends from college, high school, and even elementary school. It has changed the way we shop, schedule appointments, plan vacations, and work. In addition, social media is changing the face of education and the very way in which we learn and think about what it means to know something. In every college and university, social media is being integrated in every way possible, including admissions, campus life, alumni relations, and in the classroom. Image: basketman / FreeDigitalPhotos.net At least a part of the admissions process is taking advantage of social networking, as Facebook is being used by students to help them decide which school to attend and college admissions offices are creating groups on the social networking sites to make their prospective students feel more like they are part of the community long before they arrive on campus.

Social Media has Its Greatest (Potential) Impact in the Classroom. La función del Community Manager. Tratar con personas, comunicarse a través de foros, blogs, portales y sistemas de soporte se hace desde los inicios de Internet.

La función del Community Manager

Ser el lado humano de una plataforma antecede a cualquier red social de las que conocemos hoy día. Por eso, comparto mi experiencia en esta transición y documento los recursos de la Web para optimizar la comunicación de las marcas en Redes Sociales. Si buscas el término “Community Manager” en Internet encontrarás cientos de sitios con información sobre su definición y lo que implica desarrollar la tarea de este nuevo pero afianzado puesto.

Según AERCO, asociación española de responsables de comunidades online lo define como: Quien se encarga de cuidar y mantener la comunidad de fieles seguidores que la marca atraiga, y ser el nexo de unión entre las necesidades de los mismos y las posibilidades de la empresa. Conocimiento en diversas áreas Pequeño glosario del Community Manager The Social Media Glossary. Los comentarios de este post están cerrados. The Anatomy of a Social Media Crisis. Social media crises are on the rise, but 76% of those that occurred since 2001 could have been diminished or averted with the proper social media investments, according to a report by Altimeter Group released on Wednesday.

The Anatomy of a Social Media Crisis

For the report, entitled "Social Business Readiness: How Advanced Companies Prepare Internally," Altimeter Group analyzed 50 social media crises that have occurred since 2001 and found that those reaching mainstream media have risen steadily through the past decade, with just 1-2 incidents per year in the first five years and a total of 10 social media crises last year alone. The report also sheds light on exactly how social media crises arise and how companies can avoid them. The majority of businesses caught up in social media crises lacked proper internal education programs, but the lack of a professional staff, triage system and employee social media policy were also key problem areas for companies. And what were the causes of these crises? » Social Media and the Smart Worker Learning in the Social Workplace C4LPT. Identidades digitales. Is social media damaging our memory?

Roughly two months ago, a psychological experiment was carried out in Columbia University in New York.

Is social media damaging our memory?

The experiments were to see whether people were more likely to remember information that could be easily found by using a computer rather than by themselves. To do this they told half of their subjects the information would be saved in the computer while the other half believed the information would be deleted. The researchers deleted the information where, predictably the first half had more difficulty recalling the information. But it was the second part of the experiment that surprised researchers. looking at whether computer accessibility affects precisely what we remember, the researchers gave the subjects a question and five computer folders, telling them where the answer was saved in.

It turned out that the subjects were better at remembering the folder location than the answer itself. But what does this even mean for people's use of the internet and social media? Repetition: Recursos de social media para educadores – vídeo.