{"id":389,"date":"2022-04-17T18:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T01:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0204\/?p=389"},"modified":"2022-04-23T18:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T01:18:21","slug":"tiktok-an-educational-technology-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0204\/tiktok-an-educational-technology-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok: An educational technology exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As far as educational technology goes, TikTok may not be the first tool that comes to mind. Yet this social media platform has become the focal point of investigation over the past two weeks as my teammates and I embark on a new learning adventure for LRNT 526, Inquiry into Contemporary Issues in Learning Technologies<\/em>. This app is of interest to our group because of its popularity among youth, surpassing one billion downloads in 2019, with 40% of its users under 24 years of age (Beutell, 2020). As a team, we will engage in TikTok as users, to better understand its intricacies for our final learning event. My role within the team is to assess impacts of TikTok, for example, its algorithm, the biopsychosocial model of social media, and cognitive consequences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TikTok, by its very nature, is in constant flux. It has the capacity to be different things for different people. It can encourage, magnify, and confuse discussions around content and issues (Hautea et al., 2021). Permeated within its features are self-idolizing rhetoric and click-bait microvideo parameters. It is intentionally geared toward impressionable adolescent minds (Rodgers et al., 2020), and its impacts are many. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curious to uncover more, we delved into the specifics. TikTok proves itself to be an increasingly high-yielding tool, offering a platform for multimodal use. It is a communal enterprise (Rempel, 2020), relying on creators for content that can be repurposed or remixed. Teachers have taken to TikTok to make connections, seek student engagement, and foster creativity (Jaeger, 2021). For example, a popular hashtag trending for education is #LearnOnTikTok, where educators reach their students through lessons and activities, which can be done privately with or without an account. This in mind, we wondered about TikTok\u2019s ethical implications, eventually extending our questions to solutions that could address concerns such as TikTok\u2019s algorithmic digital profiling (Mahaffey, 2021), which led to curiosity around digital adverse event detection (Purushothaman et al., 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many content creators and trending hashtags on TikTok, but one that caught my eye two years ago at an Assembly of First Nations Education Summit was @NotoriousCree<\/a> and #NativeTikTok. Through #NativeTikTok and #Indigenous, Indigenous content creators such as James Jones, also known as @NotoriousCree, have used the platform to create awareness, tackle stereotypes, and uplift Indigenous voices. For these reasons, I have chosen to dig deeper into the educational content provided by Indigenous content creators for my individual learning project. Through critical inquiry, I intend to extend my group’s guiding question, Can TikTok be used educationally?<\/em> to affirm that #NativeTikTok and #Indigenous have demonstrated that education is happening on TikTok, it just may not be happening in the colonial context we all know too well. My question, therefore, with respect to Indigenous TikTok is, Can TikTok be a viable tool for learning about Indigeneity?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the right hands, within the right parameters, TikTok\u2019s potential is endless. Alternatively, it can be problematized by its lack of regulations, unfiltered content, and ethical implications (Beutell, 2020). We recognize the scope for our topic is extensive and have worked to narrow it down to pillars that will hopefully lay the foundation for a great project. What are your thoughts? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References<\/strong> 

Beutell, J. M. (2020, January). Children\u2019s rights and social media: An analysis of TikTok\u2019s Terms of Service through the lens of a young user<\/em>. [Paper Presentation]. University of Illinois Global Education Symposium 2019, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2142\/106069<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hautea, S., Parks, P., Takahashi, B., & Zeng, J. (2021). Showing they care (or don\u2019t): Affective publics and ambivalent climate activism on TikTok. Social Media + Society, <\/em>7. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/20563051211012344<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaeger, G. (September 1, 2021). From nuisance to learning platform – how teachers are transforming TikTok into an edtech tool<\/em>. Spaces. https:\/\/spacesedu.com\/en\/tiktok-as-a-teaching-tool\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mahaffey, C. (2021). TikTok, May I? A Call for Virtue Ethics in Adolescent Online Privacy Practices<\/em>. [Doctoral Dissertation, Texas Tech University]. Texas Tech University.  https:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2346\/87858<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purushothaman, V., McMann, T., Nali, M., Li, Z., Cuomo, R., & Mackey, T. K. (2022). Content analysis of nicotine poisoning (nic sick) videos on tiktok: retrospective observational infodemiology study. Journal of Medical Internet Research<\/em>, 24<\/em>(3), 34050. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2196\/34050<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rempel, S. (Dec 4, 2020). TikTok for news: Why there\u2019s a place for journalism on the app<\/em>. J-Source. https:\/\/j-source.ca\/tiktok-for-news-why-theres-a-place-for-journalism-on-the-app\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodgers, R.F., Slater, A., Gordon, C.S., McLean, S.A., Jarman, H.K., & Paxton, S.J. (2020).<\/em> A biopsychosocial model of social media use and body image concerns, disordered eating, and muscle-building behaviors among adolescent girls and boys. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,<\/em> 49<\/em>, 399\u2013409. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10964-019-01190-0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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