Answer: not much.
But alas, fear not, dear readers…I do know of a few things that rival Justin Bieber on the coolness scale.
And it just so happens that you’re in luck, because I plan on sharing them with you.
Below, you’ll find a list of social media and online tools that will enrich your online learning experience (I’m sorry, they won’t give you Bieber Fever) and encourage you to learn collaboratively both with your peers, as well as with your instructors. I encourage you to share any tools or pointers you may have for using social media in education by commenting on my post – I’d love to hear your two cents!
So, without further ado:
- SlideShare: Upload and share your PowerPoint & Keynote presentations, Word & PDF documents and professional videos on SlideShare. Add audio to make a webinar. Capture leads with your presentations.
- Dropbox: Put your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and they’ll be instantly available on any of your other computers that you’ve installed Dropbox on. Because a copy of your files are stored on Dropbox’s secure servers, you can also access them from any computer or mobile device using the Dropbox website.
- YouTube: Use YouTube to browse hundreds of educational videos. When in doubt, just search!
- Chegg: Don’t want to buy your textbooks? Rent them!
- Diigo: Diigo is two services in one — it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other. You can add a browser plug-in to use sticky notes, on-screen highlighting, and even more.
Do you have other applications or tools to add to this list? Please feel free to leave comments!
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