| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Professor Filiz Kalelioğlu
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Will be able to define social software and networks,
2) Will be able to describe the benefits and purposes of social software and networks,
3) Will be able to discuss examples of use of social software and social networks in education.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | With the development of Web 2.0 technologies, definitions of social networks and software. What kind of social networks can be useful for education? The effect of social networks on mobile technologies. The benefits of social networks in terms of students and teachers. P2P networks and ethics. The effect of social networks on computer literacy. This lesson will also include last academic papers in literature.
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| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | The basic concepts of social software and networks, | | 2nd Week | Ethics and rules for social software and networks | | 3rd Week | Blog | | 4th Week | Wikis | | 5th Week | Flickr and Creative Commons | | 6th Week | Facebook | | 7th Week | Twitter | | 8th Week | Mid-term | | 9th Week | Forum | | 10th Week | Chat | | 11th Week | Google and its components | | 12th Week | Examples of the use of social software and networks for educational purposes | | 13th Week | Examples of the use of social software and networks for educational purposes | | 14th Week | Evaluation in of social software and networks |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | 1) Gülbahar, Y. (2012). e-öğrenme (2. baskı). Ankara: Pegem Akademi Yayıncılık.
2) Gülbahar, Y., Kalelioğlu, F. & Madran, O. (2010). Sosyal Ağların Eğitim Amaçlı Kullanımı.http://orcun.madran.net/yayinlar/sosyal_aglarin_egitim_amacli_kullanimi.pdf
3) How to Use Social Software in Higher Education. http://www.icamp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/icamp-handbook-web.pdf
4) Social software and learning.http://www2.futurelab.org.uk/resources/documents/opening_education/Social_Software_report.pdf
5) Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Questions/Answers,Practice |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 20 | | Assignment | 5 | 20 | | Total(%) | | 40 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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