期刊名称：Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1547-5840
电子版ISSN：1547-5867
出版年度：2013
卷号：10
页码：449-460
出版社：Informing Science Institute
摘要：Pedagogical approaches in colleges and universities are in a constant state of flux and conscientious instructors are constantly seeking novel strategies for reaching and engaging their students meaningfully to promote deep learning. It is in this context that the instructors at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) reached for technology to work more effectively with students to improve student learning. They faced challenges not unlike those encountered by their peers in other similar higher educational institutions. One of the most persistent of such challenges in a large number of institutions is that of reaching and engaging students in active learning so that they learn by doing or being actively involved in learning experiences. The challenges of SUNO instructors were enhanced by the advent of Hurricane Katrina and subsequent storms, which displaced students scattering them away from campus to proximate and distant locations throughout the nation. This paper is a case study that will discuss how SUNO instructors implemented the use of social media for the delivery of instruction to reach and engage these students in a more meaningful manner
关键词：Social media; online instruction; instructional tools; Southern University New Orleans;(SUNO)
