Academic Engagement Using Social Media: Revisiting the Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge Framework in Higher Education Today

Authors

Matt Glowatz, University College DublinFollow
Orna Keane, University College DublinFollow

Document Type

Conference Paper

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

*pedagogy

Publication Details

Paper presented at the Higher Education in Transformation Conference, Dublin, 31st. May - 1st. April, 2015.

Abstract

Research into the use of social media for academic purposes is increasingly emerging. Such research suggests that a social networking site (SNS) could be used as an innovative tool for teaching purposes. However, much of previous research has focused on outlining the experience of students and the empirical evidence to date reports how a SNS may develop a higher level of academic engagement amongst students. In addition, research in this field has overlooked review of the pedagogy involved in utilising a SNS for education purposes successfully. Previously, Koehler and Mishra (2009) proposed the TPACK framework to explore the relationship of technology in teaching which builds the basis for this research. This paper explores the suitability of the TPACK framework in the context of utilising SNSs and reviews its relevance to the adoption of a SNS as a teaching tool. Initial observations suggests that the current TPACK framework overlooks some important elements which are relevant to the adoption of SNS.

Recommended Citation

Glowatz, M. & O'Brien, O. (2015). Academic Engagement Using Social Media: Revisiting the Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge Framework in Higher Education Today. Higher Education in Transformation Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 2015, pp.489-498.

Funder

Tu4D