Kwasi Agyeman – THATCamp DC 2014 http://dc2014.thatcamp.org at GWU on April 26 Tue, 13 May 2014 18:13:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 The Social Media University – Learning With the World http://dc2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/24/the-social-media-university-learning-with-the-world/ http://dc2014.thatcamp.org/2014/04/24/the-social-media-university-learning-with-the-world/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2014 17:04:57 +0000 http://dc2014.thatcamp.org/?p=239 Continue reading →]]>

Here’s my proposal idea, it’s an educational platform where people can study together online based on hashtags.  Meaning users “enroll” by picking an interest ( academia, arts, science, sports etc) and then they will get a social media syllabus that will direct them to content about their interest.

For example, Sally picks Academia as top interest and wants to focus on the women’s rights movement. She will be asked to type in hashtags that are connected to that topic ( ex. #suffrage #womensright) and articles, books, videos and photos will pop up. She will then get assigned “homework” such as writing a short response on one of the videos. She will be able to share her responses on the platform as “homework” with others enrolled in her “hashtagged course.”

I’ve been experimenting with this concept on social media platforms such as tumblr and instagram and would love to hear some feedback.

– Kwasi

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