Minnesota Summit on Learning & Technology

Social Media (SM) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) [in] Teaching and Learning

Plamen Miltenoff

Saint Cloud State University

Tzokov Galin

Keywords: LMS, D2L, Social Media

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Abstract

Can social media be integrated in teaching and how? How much of the class interaction belongs to Twitter and Facebook and how much to other platforms such as Learning Management Systems (LMS)? Are students willing to consider leisurely activity on social media platform such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. and allow instructors to use them as vehicles for learning content and expect learning interaction? Where does instructors and where does students preference lie when opting between CMS and social media and how it can be reconciled? What are the advantages of using social media as communication channel and what are the advantages of using CMS?

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Author Biography

Plamen Miltenoff, Saint Cloud State University

Plamen Miltenoff is a Professor at Saint Cloud State University, who teaches classes and workshops on facilitation/administration of online education, synchronous/asynchronous tools of communication, Web 2.0, social media, digital literacy, technology in education, new technologies in education, multimedia, interactive and Web development in education