T47 RTD: Social Media and Higher Education Faculty Productivity: An Analysis of Type, Effort and Impact

• In Event: Roundtables - Thursday
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtables I - RTD

Short Description

This presentation is a report on the use and production of social media for professional, academic purposes. Results suggest organizing the use of social media for professional purposes into three major categories; type, effort, and impact. A review of the literature on higher education faculty productivity and social media use is included. The presentation concludes with discussion of the instructional designer/educational technologist’s role in facilitating effective use of social media among higher education faculty.

Authors

• Abbie Brown, East Carolina University

• Tim Green, California State University, Fullerton