Equips researchers with ideas on how to conduct research on applying social media in facilitating learning, especially experiential internship learning

Deals with challenges and problems faced by administrators running an internship program and students who take part in internships

Perfects an internship program through implementing a participatory design approach

Autorentext

Dr Samuel K.W. Chu is Associate Professor of Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong and Deputy Director of Centre for Information Technology in Education. His research interests are 21st century skills, social media in education, collaborative inquiry project-based learning, digital literacies, game-based learning, gamification in education, etc.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction.- PART I: Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 2: Review of Social Media.- Chapter 3: Internship in Higher Education.- Chapter 4: Learning Theories and Social Media.- PART II: Using Social Media for Experiential Internship in Higher Education Institues.- Chapter 5: Social Media as Tools to Facilitate Experiential Internship Learning.- Chapter 6: Developing an Experiential Internship Program with Social Media and a Participatory Design Approach.- PART III: Setting Up Online Platforms for Experiential Internship Learning.- Chapter 7: Setting Up Online Social Media Platforms to Help Manage Internship Programs.- Chapter 8: Evaluation of the Internship and the Effectiveness of Online Platforms.- Chapter 9: Summary and Conclusions.