ETR&D Early Career Scholar Awardee Presentation

Full Session: Special Session

Short Description

Educators consider the development of problem-solving skills in learners to be a primary goal of 21st century education. Yet, participating in problem-centered instruction is challenging for learners. Social media applications are readily available for use by educators. While the unique affordances of social media offer educators exciting opportunities to support learners in authentic problem-solving contexts, little research has considered how such tools can specifically facilitate the development of learners’ problem-solving abilities. The purpose of this paper is to identify unique educational affordances of social media and to explore how these identified affordances have the potential to support problem-solving activities.

·Presenters: Dr. Adrie Koehler and Ms. Daniela Rezende Vilarinho-Pereira

·Title: Using Social Media Affordances: A Conceptual Framework for Facilitating Problem Solving Skills

·Institution: Purdue University

·Organizers: ETR&D (Dr. Tristan Johnson)

Sub Unit

• AECT

Attendees

• Lin Lin, University on North Texas

• Patricia Young, Uni. of Maryland Baltimore County

Chairs

• Tristan E Johnson, Boston College

• Jonathan M Spector, Department of Learning Technologies

Presenters

• Adrie Koehler, Purdue University

• Daniela Vilarinho Rezende Pereira, Purdue University