Hi Kayla and all, Have you seen the Social Media Literacies syllabus created and shared by Howard Rheingold? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1whawicjQdSDh1ohWF4-CDnSrrpkjfFtnpc6632vG... I've found Howard's resources, particularly this one, very useful when planning courses and resources lists re: social media. I teach a 2nd year module in IT Professional Skills which includes a digital literacies/social media strand. Our course website is here: http://ct231.wordpress.com. It will not be at the same level of detail as the Masters course you are planning, but you might find the course outline and reading list helpful. As Michael has suggested, I've found that using social media in teaching the course is the most powerful approach. I use Twitter mostly, and we have engaged in Twitter chats with bloggers (e.g. Bonnie Stewart, after studying her "6 Selves of Digital Identity" post), with academic staff at our university (discussing use of Facebook and Twitter for learning), etc. Kind regards, Catherine ________________________________ Catherine Cronin | Academic Coordinator online IT programmes | Department of Information Technology | NUI Galway E-mail: catherine.cronin@nuigalway.ie | Twitter: @catherinecronin | about.me/catherinecronin MScSED and IT Online programmes: www.nuigalway.ie/ITonline ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Kelly Quinn [kquinn8@uic.edu] Sent: 05 June 2013 18:29 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Understanding Social Media Hi Kayla, I teach a course in social media and, like Marj, find that it is really difficult to cover all of the related topics. I organize the course around four 'themes': privacy, copyright, digital inclusion and political participation. Last semester, I used Mandiberg's Social Media Reader as a source of foundational material--good material for a grad student course. But I also have found it neccessary to supplement quite a bit with additional readings. I am happy to share my syllabus off-list if it would be helpful. Kindest regards, Kelly Quinn -- Kelly Quinn, PhD Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/