Creating an ecosystem for lifelong learning through social media: A graduate experience

Abstract

Social media – and how to use it within online educational environments – has become an immediate challenge for today's educator. Deciding on the right social media tool to adopt and its purposes in the classroom are decisions that must be approached with great care and reflection. This chapter provides examples of how social media tools are being used within the Master of Distance Education and E-learning (MDE) program at the University of Maryland University College to create and sustain an ecosystem of lifelong learning, student support, reflection, and practical research within the MDE.

Citation

Porto, S.C.S., Blaschke, L. and Kurtz, G. (2011), "Creating an ecosystem for lifelong learning through social media: A graduate experience", Wankel, C. (Ed.) Educating Educators with Social Media (Cutting-Edge Technologies in Higher Education, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 107-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-9968(2011)0000001008