The Journal of Social Media for Learning

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

2022-09-19T11:59:25+00:00

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.

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

2022-08-22T13:43:47+00:00

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.

SocMedHE: More than a conference?

2023-02-11T19:26:11+00:00

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).

SocMedHE21 Expert Panel

2022-11-03T18:50:43+00:00

SocMedHE21 Expert Panel

Editorial

2023-02-11T19:32:16+00:00

The Journal of Social Media for Learning

2022-11-03T18:50:10+00:00

The Journal of Social Media for Learning Conference 2023

Guest Editors for Conference Edition
Dr Sarah Honeychurch University of Glasgow
Deb Baff JISC
Mark Breslin University of Glasgow
Sarah Hallam Edgehill University
Professor Glenn Hurst University of York
Laura Riella Edgehill University
Dr Gabriella Rodolico University of Glasgow
Nina Walker University of Hertfordshire.

Editoral Team
Professor Dawne Irving-Bell BPP University (Editor in Chief)

Sue Beckingham Sheffield Hallam University
Dr Matt McLain Liverpool John Moores University
Professor David Wooff BPP University