Copyright

Jennie Blake; Chris Millson; Sam Aston

Published On

2019-06-30

Page Range

pp. 107-116

Language

  • English

Print Length

9 pages

10. Bursting Out of the Bubble: Social Media, Openness and Higher Education

  • Jennie Blake (author)
  • Chris Millson (author)
  • Sam Aston (author)
Chapter of: Social Media in Higher Education: Case Studies, Reflections and Analysis (pp. 107–116)

This chapter provides an excellent insight into the blogging platform Medium. The authors discuss the reasons why they chose Medium as opposed to other more conventional blogging platforms and then give some reflections on the experience of delivering the course through this form of social media.

Contributors

Jennie Blake

(author)
Learning Development Manager, Library at University of Manchester

Jennie Blake is the Learning Development Manager at the University of Manchester Library and has been working in education for over twenty-five years, teaching in schools and universities in the US and UK. At Manchester, Jennie led on the development of the Library's multi-award-winning My Learning Essentials, and she contributes to university-wide work around teaching, curriculum design and research in higher education. She is particularly interested in how curriculum design and pedagogy can explicitly address inequality and enable student success. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, has an MA in Education from the University of California at Berkeley and delivers talks across the UK on pedagogy, student engagement and curriculum design. You can find her on Twitter @jnyrose, and she is always up for a chat.

Chris Millson

(author)
eLearning Manager, Library at University of Manchester

Chris Millson is eLearning Manager for The University of Manchester Library. He oversees the Library's eLearning output including the open source, open access online resources for My Learning Essentials. He is leading development of the Library's approach to using the social writing platform Medium for learning, currently implemented in two courses: Open Knowledge in Higher Education (aimed at staff), and Digital Society (aimed at undergraduates). He has been a tutor and course leader on both, helped develop the former, and led a successful redevelopment of the latter. Chris has a PG Cert in Academic Practice and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has been Chair and Vice Chair of the Centre for Recording Achievement. He is passionate about learning, technology, and their intersection. His work has led to two Blackboard Catalyst Awards. He is @asameshimae on Twitter and is always happy to chat.

Sam Aston

(author)
Librarian, Learning Development, Library at University of Manchester

Sam Aston is a Librarian working in learning development at The University of Manchester Library. Sam designs and delivers a broad range of teaching activities from innovative, credit-bearing, assessed units to development of academic skills support within programmes for students and staff. Sam has a flair for creating effective learning environments and encouraging creative active learning interactions, and has a keen interest in developing the groups with whom she works. Her areas of specialist interest are: skills development during transition into higher education, and the application of digital pedagogy. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and the Call for Papers Officer for the Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference, and you can find her at @manclibrarian on Twitter.