Author Archives: davefoord

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http://emergentbydesign.com/2009/11/24/75-resources-educator-guide-for-integrating-social-media/ This site is full to bursting with ideas of how educators can use social media to communicate with students. Happy reading!

Social media appears to be the next frontier of providing information and advice to potential learners and offers the opportunity to address two of IAG’s biggest issues. 1). Being able to present information to learners in the the format that … Continue reading →

http://socialmediamagic.com/blog/launch-recruitment-campaign-facebook/ Sent from my iPad

Apprenticeship recruitment and matching vacancies requires a fast turn around and engaging a large pool of potential applicants so it makes sense that social media is a useful tool in doing this, especially with the increase use of smartphones and … Continue reading →

Here is an interesting infographic that shows the different ways that Higher Education establishments use Social Media.

Prospective students will be looking at our facebook page to find out more about the college, which is why I set up a landing tab so the first thing they see is what courses the college offers and work out … Continue reading →

Social Media could be used to stage a live Q&A between staff and prospective students. A certain date and time could be set (much like a webinar) and students could post their questions on Facebook or Twitter (maybe using hashtags) … Continue reading →

Students decode QR codes with QR reader on smartphones with learning criteria tagged, research then post to open social media sight, e.g. Subject specific blog http://www.scoopit.it/ Or learners create their own QR codes with self made YouTube clips. Learners engage … Continue reading →

I use YouTube to explain difficult concepts to students. This way, students view the information BEFORE the lesson and can watch it as many times as they like before the lesson. Then, in the lesson, we can concentrate on addressing … Continue reading →