Ubiquitous and Connected: Uses of Social Media in Instructional Design

With the proliferation of social media in virtually every industry, especially education, instructional designers are in a unique position to utilize social networks to create connection points and platforms to accommodate a shifting paradigm towards ubiquitous learning. Using a three-round Delphi approach, the researcher investigated the best practices of instructional designers in the use of social media when developing professional training and coursework. Additionally, the study looked at the indicators and evaluative practices used by instructional designers to measure the effectiveness of integrating social media with respect to the learning process. The data gathered from this study documented best practices that 25 professional instructional designers used to integrate social media when developing courses and training designs.