*Call for Chapters Call for Reviewers Transformation in Teaching:
Social Media Strategies in Higher Education
Proposals for chapters are being solicited for a new refereed book entitled Transformation in Teaching: Social Media Strategies in Higher Education. Please fill out your proposal at: http://www2.oakland.edu/elis/book_proposals.cfm
*Proposals are due July 30, 2010. Contact Editors:* Catheryn Cheal, cheal@oakland.edu
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*Description:* Social media is web content that is user-generated through social interaction. Social constructivism is an educational theory that focuses on active learning by students who construct and build upon their own knowledge-base through social interaction. The intersection of educational theory with online networking practices has invigorated teaching and learning in higher education. This book will describe specific examples and case studies of adapting social media systems for educational purposes in colleges and universities.
*Proposal Format:* You are invited to submit an abstract proposal (50 words or less) for a short book chapter on teaching in higher education with social media. The proposal for chapters on case studies should describe what specific social media you use in teaching and the type of course. If you are proposing an overview chapter on social media about the history, theory, etc. give the specifics of what you plan on covering. Please also submit a three to four page discussion and outline of your chapter (750 - 1000 words), including planned section headings. Also include a paragraph biography of all authors.
" Abstract Proposal (50 words or less)
" Discussion and outline of chapter (750 - 1000 words)
" Authors biography (paragraph)
*Possible Topics:* Chapters should describe and evaluate teaching that uses specific social media strategies and enhances learning outcomes for a college or university course. Case studies or quantitative/qualitative studies of teaching in higher education with networking software, the successful abstract proposal should give an explanation and summary of the proposed subject, including the course taught, the teaching and learning activity, and the resulting student perceptions and measured student outcomes. Examples of specific software technologies listed below are in parentheses, but there are many other possibilities as well.
Social networking and discussion sites (Facebook, MySpace, or Ning) Collaboration through wikis (Wikipedia, GoogleWave), social bookmarking and tagging (Delicious, Diigo), or social news sites
(Digg) Multimedia sharing of video (YouTube) or images (Flickr) Music sharing (Share the Music)Presentation sharing (SlideShare, Prezi) Live chat (IRC), or video conferencing sessions (Skype)
Virtual worlds (Second Life) GPS software in phones Blogging (Wordpress, Edublogs) Microblogging (Twitter) Blogging Activities in open source Learning Management Systems (Moodle) Overviews (such as history, theory and philosophy, research methods, future trends and/or purposes of social media or a particular category of social media): For further information contact me at cheal@oakland.edu
Catheryn Cheal, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President
e-Learning and Instructional Support Suite 430 Kresge
Library Oakland University cheal@oakland.edu
248-370-4566
fax: 248-370-3628
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