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THE SOCIAL MEDIA DILEMMA IN EDUCATION:
POLICY DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS
by
Devery J. Rodgers
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
August 2012
Copyright 2012 Devery J. Rodgers
Object Description
| Title | The social media dilemma in education: policy design, implementation and effects |
| Author | Rodgers, Devery J. |
| Author email | educate2elevate@gmail.com;Devery.Rodgers@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-17 |
| Date submitted | 2012-07-06 |
| Date approved | 2012-07-09 |
| Restricted until | 2012-07-09 |
| Date published | 2012-07-09 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hentschke, Guilbert C. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Burch, Patricia E. Garcia, Pedro E. |
| Abstract | While internet technologies are transforming much of society in general, the use of social media seems to be at a standstill in many K-12 schools. The limited use of blogs, online collaborative projects, content communities, social networks, and virtual worlds in the formal teaching and learning process has been stunted by social media policies. This field study was designed to clarify what defines K-12 social media policy, examining three primary areas: 1. Factors that support and/or hinder the development and implementation of a social media policy within a school/district, 2. How these factors are reconciled in a school‘s/district‘s social media policies, and 3. Best practices for implementation. ❧ Secondary level school districts were the primary unit of analysis, with teachers and school administrators as the sample. Four triangulated methods (document analysis, interview, focus group, and survey) were used to address the research questions during the fall 2011 session. Findings reveal that K-12 policy has been designed for both the student and employee as an amended Acceptable Use Policy or new Board Policy addressing social media content both generally and specifically, with as many factors that hinder the development and implementation of social media policy for education as support it. Among these are legal, instructional, and privacy issues. Findings also reveal that best practices include all stakeholder groups in the development, implementation, and monitoring process for social media use. This study establishes significant base data for more extensive future studies. |
| Keyword | social media; social media policy; Internet policy; social media protocols; acceptable use policy; (instructional/education) technology policy |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Rodgers, Devery J. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-RodgersDev-922.pdf |
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| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THE SOCIAL MEDIA DILEMMA IN EDUCATION: POLICY DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS by Devery J. Rodgers A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION August 2012 Copyright 2012 Devery J. Rodgers |
