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Spring 2022  |  CI 3342 Section 001: Social Media & Connected Learning (66815)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Closed (19 of 19 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course investigates current and potential future impacts of social media using connected learning (Ito) and participatory culture (Jenkins) as a theoretical lens to understand the ways in which it can be used for education. Connected learning focuses on learning "pathways" that move across formal and informal settings to transform the very nature of learning - what it means, how it occurs, and where it takes place. In addition to gaining a philosophical understanding of participatory practices in spaces of connected learning, students will develop conceptual and practical expertise in using social media applications and social networking platforms for learning, creative expression, forming connections, and interacting as global citizens. The overarching aim of this course is to help students become critical consumers and ethical producers of new media in various forms for learning purposes. A balanced analysis and critique of both the affordances and the challenges associated with social media use as a tool for learning will be an essential component of the course and will frame each social media application and network that is explored and authentically integrated into the course. An examination of social media practices and influences will include their use in both formal education as well as informal learning contexts.
Class Description:
Student may contact the instructor or department for information.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66815/1223

Spring 2022  |  CI 3342 Section 002: Social Media & Connected Learning (52295)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F only
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
Completely Online
Class Attributes:
Online Course
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/18/2022 - 05/02/2022
Off Campus
Virtual Rooms ONLINEONLY
Enrollment Status:
Closed (20 of 20 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course investigates current and potential future impacts of social media using connected learning (Ito) and participatory culture (Jenkins) as a theoretical lens to understand the ways in which it can be used for education. Connected learning focuses on learning "pathways" that move across formal and informal settings to transform the very nature of learning - what it means, how it occurs, and where it takes place. In addition to gaining a philosophical understanding of participatory practices in spaces of connected learning, students will develop conceptual and practical expertise in using social media applications and social networking platforms for learning, creative expression, forming connections, and interacting as global citizens. The overarching aim of this course is to help students become critical consumers and ethical producers of new media in various forms for learning purposes. A balanced analysis and critique of both the affordances and the challenges associated with social media use as a tool for learning will be an essential component of the course and will frame each social media application and network that is explored and authentically integrated into the course. An examination of social media practices and influences will include their use in both formal education as well as informal learning contexts.
Class Description:
This three-credit asynchronous online course investigates current and [potential] future impacts of social media to understand the ways in which it can be used for learning. Social media and social networking are connected technologies that have and continue to transform the way that each of us accesses resources, communicates with others, creates digital artifacts, and participates in personal and professional networks online. As technologies continue to proliferate, many people find themselves actively involved in participatory cultures that have implications for education and learning, including the online learning communities they engage in; the creative ways they use, shape, and share digital media for learning purposes; and the ways they collaborate with others to complete a task or crowdsource knowledge. Active engagement as a global citizen requires critical understanding of the educational impacts of social media and social networking. Throughout the course, you will analyze and critique social media applications to leverage their fullest advantage for learning.
Who Should Take This Class?:

This course is designed for upper-division undergraduate students. There are no prerequisites. Students will come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, but they should have theoretical knowledge of human activity - including technology and learning -- as sociocultural constructions. That is, students who enroll in CI 3342 should understand social practices and technology artifacts not as facts but as social constructs. Students could gain this knowledge through a variety of first-year liberal education courses in history, sociology or other social sciences.


Because students come from a variety of disciplines and fields of study, it is assumed they have a level of discipline-specific knowledge gained in their major and/or minor program through prior coursework to the extent that they will be able to engage in activities that will require them to draw upon their discipline-specific knowledge and incorporate the application of social media within this specific discipline and context.


Each student will contribute prior knowledge in their discipline to a key intention of the class: recognizing and elevating the use of social media from merely an entertainment source to a source for learning, connecting, communicating, and creating digital artifacts in their field or future profession. Main activities for synthesizing students' prior learning include weekly discussion and reflection activities that require students to apply what they are learning to their unique discipline, field, or professional career; and projects that encourage students to apply the course content to a local context or area of personal and professional interest.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this course, it is expected that you will be able to:


  1. Identify key learning theories that relate to human-computer interaction in formal education and informal learning environments (sociocultural learning theory, distributed cognition, connected learning theory).

  2. Identify a variety of theoretical perspectives informing the implication of social media technologies for learning (participatory culture, technology appropriation, constructionism, mediation, and structuration).

  3. Explain the relevance and application of these theoretical frameworks and interaction-based models using real-world examples related to connected learning.

  4. Articulate their own informed perspectives on the learning potential of social media and support their assertions with information and data gathered from current and credible resources.

  5. Identify a range of strategies and solutions to use social media for connected learning involving engagement in meaningful dialogue and creative expression with friends, professional peers or colleagues, and community partners.

  6. Identify the most widely used social media technologies, critically evaluate their participatory potential, and effectively demonstrate how to author and publish social media content with them.

  7. Articulate and demonstrate the ways in which communication and participation practices in social networks may be different with friends (i.e., less formal) than with professional peers or colleagues (i.e., more formal).

  8. Effectively engage in the use of a variety of social media tools for professional networking and maintain an appropriate professional online identity.

  9. Explain what it means to be an ethical, critical, and savvy digital citizen and offer specific examples based on their own social media practices.

Grading:


A

93 - 100%

C

73 - 77%

A-

90 - 93%

C-

70 - 73%

B+

87 - 90%

D+

67 - 70%

B

83 - 87%

D

63 - 67%

B-

80 - 83%

D-

60 - 63%

C+

77 - 80%

F

below 60%

Exam Format:
There are no exams for this course.
Class Format:

The course is composed of 15 weekly class sessions. We will meet solely online--there will be no synchronous or face-to-face sessions. Coursework can be completed asynchronously at your convenience within designated deadlines. Learning together in this online community will be interactive and require that you be a self-motivated, independent learner in order to stay on top of assignments and coursework.


Every week, look for an announcement from me that will welcome you to what's ahead and recap the previous week.

Workload:
UMN policy stipulates that "one credit represents, for the average University undergraduate student, three hours of academic work per week (including lectures, laboratories, recitations, discussion groups, field work, study, and so on), averaged over the semester, in order to complete the work of the course to achieve an average grade." For this three-credit undergraduate course, that means that you can expect to spend a minimum of nine hours per week completing course readings, assignments, and other work.
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52295/1223
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
3 January 2022

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