Gilly Salmon shares new research regarding her Carpe Diem MOOC. The Carpe Diem MOOC provides a formal online learning tool, Blackboard as well as the use of Twitter and FaceBook for networking and improved learning experience.
[gview file=”https://publicservicesalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Gilly-Salmon-research-.pdf”]In this paper, we explore the benefits of using social media in an online educational
setting, with a particular focus on the use of Facebook and Twitter by participants in a
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) developed to enable educators to learn about
the Carpe Diem learning design process.