Results- Social Media and Ed Experts Meet-Up

McGRAW-HILL BRINGS TOGETHER SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATION EXPERTS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Experts Underscore the Need for Social Media in the Classroom and Beyond

NEW YORK (February 11, 2010) –

McGraw-Hill Education hosted a panel discussion as part of Social Media Week New York titled, “The Future of Social Media in Higher Education.” Students, academics and social media experts shared their thoughts on how social media is changing the way students learn, instructors teach and institutions adapt to innovation. To view pictures, videos and quotes from the discussion, visit: http://mcgraw-hill.presslift.com/social-media-higher-education.

The following themes, issues and trends were discussed at length, indicating the role of social media today in the higher education classroom and its future potential:

• Geo-tagging will be a powerful tool for higher education as it can be used to target locations and get information about those locations, whether students are working on sociology, science, etc. Dr. Kind talked about specific disciplines who have been utlizing it already and great promise of the application. Adam Ostrow, editor in chief of Mashable.com, cited FourSquare’s partnership with Harvard University as an example.

• Co-learning as a model for teachers and students to advance technology integration. In the video clip just below, Dr. King shares how teachers can advance technology practice AND model lifelong learning with a co-learning model. She describes how co-learning can be used to facilitate teachers and students to advance technology integration with many benefits for mutual professional and personal growth.