Most of us are already involved in social media to some degree, and it is likely that our students are too. However, I suspect for some students adding a required social media component to a course may be a burden (social media overload, if you will). Recently, I have started using Twitter in my courses simply as an elective part of the class (class reminders, interesting articles, etc).
So, my question is this: how do you go about striking the balance between making use of this great new technology and keeping your students from feeling overwhelmed by all of the… >>>
