Social media playgrids and adult learning

What is it about?

This article describes how adult learners use social media tools to participate in interest-driven learning across settings and scales, accomplish goals, and make learning personally and professionally relevant. Cases focus upon the use of Slack, a team communication platform, and Hypothesis, a web annotation platform. This article was accepted as part of a special issue about social media as an emerging space for educator professional development in the 21st century.

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Why is it important?

Theoretical and pedagogical development is necessary to support adult learners as they curate tools and pathways based upon their contingent needs and goals. The concept of playgrids does this by usefully connecting less formal social media practice with more formal professional learning across various settings and scales.