How and why are educators using Instagram?

Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Morrison, Scott; Craft, Madeline; Lee, Michalene

doi:10.1016/j.tate.2020.103149

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“…Digital technologies have become integral to many SDL activities (Merriam & Baumgartner, 2020), especially in helping educators to self‐direct more of their professional learning and connect with colleagues beyond their individual schools (Beach, 2017; Carpenter & Krutka, 2015; Macià & García, 2016). In particular, educators' use of social media platforms such as Twitter (Staudt Willet, 2019), Facebook (Ranieri, Manca, & Fini, 2012), Pinterest (Schroeder, Curcio, & Lundgren, 2019) and Instagram (Carpenter, Morrison, Craft, & Lee, 2020) for SDL has become quite common. Although SDL is often associated with individual pursuits such as independent study, social media can also facilitate learning that features both autonomy and collaborative elements (Kim, Lee, & Park, 2019; Lantz‐Andersson et al ., 2018).…”

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A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

Willet¹,

Carpenter²

2020

Brit J Educational Tech

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Despite social media’s ubiquity in modern life, research on some topics related to educators’ use of social media for professional purposes remains underdeveloped, such as how use may change over time. This study explores educators’ self‐directed learning through social media by comparing change and continuity in how users contribute, interact and converse in two teaching‐related subreddits, r/Teachers and r/education. More than a million Reddit contributions spanning three‐and‐a‐half years comprise the dataset: 696 660 contributions to r/Teachers from 55 148 users and 339 618 contributions to r/education from 43 711 users. Learning ecology and affinity space concepts frame multiple methods of analysis, including quantitative measures of individual contributions, content interactions and social interactions, as well as qualitative content analysis of top posts and responses. Findings are discussed in light of the literature as change and continuity in Redditors’ participation patterns in the two subreddits suggest distinct spaces for distinct purposes. This study offers a starting point for further work to understand the opportunities and challenges of self‐directed learning in open and complex social media spaces. What is already known about this topic Educators use social media to reach outside their local contexts for self‐directed learning. Teaching‐related subreddits vary in how users contribute and interact. What this paper adds Different online spaces host distinct kinds of discussion. Educators’ participation in online spaces is not static. Social media research methods should account for the possibilities of change and continuity in contributions, interactions and conversations. Implications for practice and/or policy Teaching‐related subreddits continue to grow and may offer helpful content and interactions to users; however, self‐directed learning through social media also necessitates increased digital literacy. r/Teachers appeared to be a conversational space primarily for teachers. r/education seemed to be a bulletin board space for posting about broader educational topics.

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A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

Willet¹,

Carpenter²

2020

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…First, one should note the review of research from 2009-2018 that confirms the interest in online education in general [7]. Some authors describe social networks and messengers as a "digital educational network for teaching and learning" [8] and cite data that teachers use such networks for self-education and professional communication with colleagues [9][10][11][12][13]. Students also use social media and messengers for educational purposes, including collaborative work [14][15][16].…”

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Practices of teaching and upbringing of young people in the Internet space

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Mediatization and internetization of all areas of people’s lives have become key prerequisites for the digitalization of educational practices. An increased interest in this field along with insufficient research into it has determined the relevance of this study. Its purpose is the attempt to generalize and systematize the practices developed during the authors’ professional work. To achieve this purpose, the authors chose theoretical methods. They reviewed and analyzed the practices of teaching and upbringing of young people in the Internet space and audiovisual educational formats. The article deals with the practical cyberpedagogy practices of teaching and upbringing of young people in the Internet space: 1) Internet project development (Internet projecting); 2) network support of educational disciplines in social networks; 3) audiovisual formats in the education process; 4) remote psychological work. The authors examine the integration of audiovisual media into educational activities and the opportunities for psychological support for educational activities in cyberspace. The formats of media content used for teaching schoolchildren and students through digital technologies are specified. The authors note the positive aspects of the process of education visualization and the application of the practices and note the associated risks and ways to overcome them. The novelty of the results of this theoretical study consists in the following: the authors generalize and analyze the practices of teaching and upbringing of young people in the Internet space, conclude on the most relevant practices, examine the risks of using these practices, and propose the recommendations on how to avoid these risks. The above will allow university lecturers and school teachers, the target audience of the article, to use these practices productively and minimize the possible negative consequences.

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“…According to information gathered from Pew Studies on how teens engage with social media, Auxier (2020a) found that 72% of teens use Instagram and it “ranks as the second most popular platform among Americans in this age group” (para 6). Social media should be leveraged as a pedagogical tool to be a classroom connector between course content and the visual and digital literacy of the DN student (Auxier, 2020b; Carpenter et al., 2020; Stephens & Gunther, 2016). Today's teachers must learn to communicate in the language and style of their students.…”

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Keeping up with the digital natives: Using social media in an all‐girls science classroom

Serpagli¹,

Mensah

2021

School Sci & Mathematics

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This qualitative, ethnographic study focuses on how combining aspects of visual learning with a social media application (app)—Instagram—can be a useful learning tool for digital natives (DNs). Current students are classified as digital natives because they are inundated with technology, which has become an essential tool in their everyday lives. By combining learning with a social media app that relies heavily on virtual communication, a new educational tool can emerge that is both engaging and relevant. Using its Live feature, students incorporate an app they use regularly in their nonacademic lives and bring it into the educational setting of the science classroom. Thirty‐two female, high school biology students received permission to respond to a questionnaire and participate in a focus group or individual interview to further discuss their reactions to use Instagram in the biology classroom. Four students were asked additional questions regarding their reactions and understandings of how Instagram Live was used and how it enhanced their biology content understanding. The themes that emerged considered largely how Instagram as an educational tool brings science into the daily lives of digital natives. Implications from the study show how the use of Instagram specifically supported young women in science.

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How and why are educators using Instagram?

Cited by 173 publications

References 74 publications

A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

A tale of two subreddits: Change and continuity in teaching‐related online spaces

Practices of teaching and upbringing of young people in the Internet space

Keeping up with the digital natives: Using social media in an all‐girls science classroom

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