Copyright

Andrew Middleton; Alex Spiers

Published On

2019-06-30

Page Range

pp. 223-236

Language

  • English

Print Length

13 pages

20. Learning to Twalk

An Analysis of a New Learning Environment

Chapter of: Social Media in Higher Education: Case Studies, Reflections and Analysis (pp. 223–236)

In Andrew Middleton’s chapter he explains what a ‘Twalk’ is, how to design effective Twalks, and why they create useful and rich learning environments. Drawing on his experience organising several Twalks, Andrew set out some emerging issues that should be considered by academics interested in using and developing such novel, blended social media learning spaces, especially if personal learning technologies are used.

Contributors

Andrew Middleton

(author)
Head of Academic Practice & Learning Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University

Andrew Middleton is Head of Academic Practice & Learning Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University and a National Teaching Fellow. As Chair of the UK Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group he has led innovation through the scholarly development and sharing of good practice in relation to digital and social media pedagogies since 2008 when the SIG was established. He is known for his pioneering work on developing audio feedback, smart learning, future learning spaces and digital placemaking. He has recently published Reimagining Spaces for Learning in Higher Education (2018) which proposes the development of innovative hybrid learning space reflecting the disruption of formal-non-formal and physical-digital spatial binaries in higher education. Andrew has been instrumental in organising the UK Social Media in Higher Education Conference over three years.

Alex Spiers

(author)
Lead, Learning Technology Team, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at University of East London
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8874-085X

Santanu Vasant leads the Learning Technology Team in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the University of East London. He has over fifteen years' experience in education having previously worked at Brunel University London, Imperial College London and City, University of London and as a secondary school teacher of ICT. His current work involves investigating the impact of classroom technologies and mobile technologies (including the use of social media) on learning, and the design of teaching and learning spaces. He is also a school governor at the Northwood School in North West London and reviewer for the Association for Learning Technology's Journal Research in Learning Technology. Twitter: @santanuvasant