Infographic: The Social Media Missing Link in MBA Programs

Posted: July 16th, 2013 | Filed under: Message Design | Tags: facebook, higher ed., higher education, infographic, infographics, Social Media, twitter

Here is a recent infographic on the use of social media in higher education.

It was created by TheBestColleges.org

Social Media Guidelines for Students and Job Seekers [Infographic]

Posted: October 7th, 2012 | Filed under: Message Design | Tags: facebook, infographic, infographics, Social Media, twitter

Compiled By: OnlineDegrees.org

Facebook Groups for Schools

Posted: August 28th, 2012 | Filed under: Screecast | Tags: facebook, Groups

The following video was created to show students how to join a private Facebook Group for Schools

Using Twitter and other Social Networking Tools in the Classroom

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Filed under: Publications | Tags: EDUCAUSE Quarterly, facebook, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Presence, twitter

Joni Dunlap and I presented about our instructional uses of Twitter in the classroom at EDUCAUSE 2009. Our PowerPoint slides from that session can be viewed online.


EDUCAUSE 2009  --  Tweeting the Night Away: Using Twitter to Enhance Social Presence
View more presentations from Patrick Lowenthal.

These slides alone however don't capture the story we told at our presentation. Luckily, after doing some networking, I got an opportunity to talk to the editor of EDUCAUSE Quarterly (EQ) who mentioned that she was looking for an article for the next issue of EQ focused on Twitter. That was all the motivation Joni and I needed. We ended up writing Horton Hears a Tweet and it was published in the December of 2009 in EQ. If you get a chance, give it a read.  We focus on the reasons why someone might use social networking in general and about our personal experience using Twitter. Give a read or even better, give it a tweet.

Dunlap, J. C., & Lowenthal, P. R. (2009). Horton hears a tweet. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 32(4).

The CU Online Handbook

Posted: August 26th, 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: CU Online, delicious, facebook, Handbook, ning, Online Learning, PowerPoint, Teaching Online, twitter

Check out The CU Online Handbook!

The CU Online Handbook

Edited by
Patrick R. Lowenthal
David Thomas
Anna Thai
Brian Yuhnke

Download the eBook
Download the entire eBook (pdf)

Download Individual Chapters

Introduction
Patrick R. Lowenthal

Trends and Issues with Online Learning
1. From Reluctant and Reticent to Engaged and Enthusiastic: The Passage to Online Teaching
Susan Giullian

2. Preparing Special Education Teachers Through Online Instruction
Donna Sobel

3. Using eCollege to Facilitate Learning, Provide for Program Coherence, Manage Accountability Innovations, and Ensure the Evolution of a Principal Licensure Program
Connie Fulmer

4. Make, Share, Find: Web 2.0 and Informal Learning
Phil Antonelli

Technology in Action
5. The Advantages of a Ning Social Network Within a Higher Education Program
Laura Summers

6. Fresh and Forward-thinking: Using Blogs for Educational Purposes
Joanna C. Dunlap & Ellen Stevens

7. Hanging on by a Thread
Dorothy F. Garrison-Wade

8. Instructional Uses of Twitter
Joanna C. Dunlap & Patrick R. Lowenthal

9. Using Audio for Giving Feedback to Project Teams: A Useful Complement to Track Changes
Brent G. Wilson

10. Wordle… Just for Phluff?
Joanna C. Dunlap

11. A Teaching Video Project Brought to Closure
Farah A. Ibrahim

12. Improving the Design of PowerPoint Presentations
Patrick R. Lowenthal

Emerging Tools and Applications

Audacity	Ning
Blogger	PBworks
Bubbl.us	Picnik
Delicious	ScreenSteps Desktop
Facebook	Songza
Flickr	SkyDrive
Google Docs	Skype
Google Reader	Twitter
iSpring	Ustream
Jing	VoiceThread
Media Converter	Youtube
MyPodcast	Zotero