Social Media is changing everything. Nowhere is this more evident than on our college and university campuses. Yet there are unique challenges in incorporating social media into an established and tested curriculum.
AEJMC asked professors from around the world to share some of their best practices for incorporating social media into the classroom, including suggested articles, exercises, tools and more. The following is a collection of their best ideas and experiences.
- Should Students Have to Buy New Technology?
- Many J-Schools Don’t Utilize Their Facebook Pages
- New Facebook Fanpage Just for Journalists
- Report Shows Best Times to Tweet
- Social Media’s Focus on Japan
- Using Skype to Teach Live Reporting
- Incorporating Social Media in a Required Research Course for Advertising / PR / Strategic Communication Majors
- Integrating social media into the classroom: resources, readings and lessons learned.
- Social Media and Copy Editing
- Using Social Media to Connect Content and Develop Individual Responsibility
- Successful Use of Various Social Media In A Class
- Enriching Public Relations Education through the Implementation of Social Media in the Classroom
- Can Blogs Replace Journals? Using New Media to Stimulate Pondering and Self-Reflection among Undergraduate Students
- Widgets and Wikis for the Web 2.0 Journo
- Incorporating Social Media in the Classroom: A Few Examples and An Overview
- Teaching Research Methods with Social Media Tools
- Social Media in the Classroom: Mastering the Art of the “Push Post”
- Social Media in the Classroom
- Using Social Media to Develop Students’ Critical Thinking Skills
- How To Integrate Social Networks And Blogs Into Traditional Curriculums
- Social Media in the Classroom: Tips from a Millennial Professor
- Building Personal Brands through Social Media
- Social Media in the Classroom: Twitter and Journalists
- The Teaching of Social Media: A Cross-Curricular Infusion Approach
- Cross-University Collaboration through Micro-blogging: Introducing Students to Twitter for Promoting Collaborations, Communication and Relationships
For more best practices, visit our AEJMC Social Media in the Classroom blog.