Authors: Angela Frawley, London Coronica, Sam Kirk, and Stephanie Messier<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Our team is collaboratively working on an initial summary of the preliminary research we have done on TikTok, our selected modality, guided by these assigned questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. What question(s) would our team like to pursue as we explore our topic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. What type of learning event and delivery technology did our team choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is TikTok? TikTok, \u201ca short-form, video-sharing app that allows users to create and share 15-second videos, on any topic\u201d (Geyser, 2022), has exponentially grown to rise to the top of social media platforms in 2022. An unregulated, open-source media outlet for information sharing, this social media platform has many social, political, and economical impacts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
TikTok, while popular amongst teenagers, is also rising in popularity amongst teachers and educators. Hartung et al. (2022) argued that teachers are capitalizing on TikTok\u2019s broad reach and flexibility. They claimed that teachers are using TikTok \u201cto craft and promote a particular professional identity, often teaming up with companies to support their work, starting their own education resource businesses, and accruing a significant following of fellow teachers, students, and members of the public\u201d (p. 2). The potential for TikTok is endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a team, we embark on a journey of exploration to \u201cdevelop objective and realistic accounts of technology use in situ\u201d<\/em> (Selwyn, 2010, p. 65), to identify TikTok as a socially constructed and socially negotiated form of social media that can be utilized for educational purposes. Drawing on Fawns\u2019 model of entangled pedagogy, we reflected on how to avoid conflating TikTok\u2019s capabilities with technological or pedagogical determinism. We adhere to the notion that this thinking \u201crequires a holistic view of situated, purposeful uses of technology\u201d (Fawns, 2022, p. 3). It would therefore be equally important to seek out the impacts of TikTok as a tool and its ethical implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through examining preliminary research, it appears that TikTok has the potential to be used as an educational tool for teachers and learners. According to Liao (2021), the TikTok platform has opportunities and challenges especially in physical education. Educators can easily create fun and engaging TikTok videos with TikTok\u2019s user-friendly editing function. Additionally, Al-Maroof et al. (2021) claimed \u201cthe fact that YouTube and TikTok are sources of information to users in different fields implies that both are significant and widely spread platforms for knowledge sharing and acquisition\u201d (p. 208). While it may seem simplistic to utilize TikTok as an educational tool, in the same way that YouTube is used, there are various implications to consider for TikTok due to its differing Terms of Services (TOS) on the open platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Considering the use of TikTok and its implications, looking at the ethics, privacy policies, and licenses serves a vital role when answering the question, if TikTok can<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n be used as an educational tool.<\/em> Through a brief exploration of TikTok\u2019s TOS, it was identified that there is no propriety for users. Anything you post including video, music, will be given away to TikTok. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There is still much to explore for understanding how TikTok can be used for educational purposes. From our team’s initial research efforts, we have determined several guiding questions that will help move our critical inquiry further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Guiding Question: <\/u><\/strong>Can TikTok be used educationally?<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sub-Guiding Questions:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n o What are the opportunities and challenges for learning in TikTok?<\/p>\n\n\n\n o How content is created on TikTok? <\/p>\n\n\n\n o Can TikTok educational material be inserted into a DLE?<\/p>\n\n\n\n o What are the implications (i.e., privacy, ethical dilemma, license, TOS, technology affordances)? <\/p>\n\n\n\n o What are the impacts (i.e., algorithm, biopsychosocial model of social media, cognitive consequences)? <\/p>\n\n\n\n o What are the theoretical implications supporting TikTok as an educational tool?<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a team, we will experiment with content creation by creating our first TikTok video as an introduction of our respective research outcome, which will be purposefully inserted into our live presentation on Google Slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n References <\/p>\n\n\n\n Al-Maroof, R., Ayoubi, K., Alhumaid, K., Aburayya, A., Alshurideh, M., Alfaisal, R., & Salloum, S. (2021). The acceptance of social media video for knowledge acquisition, sharing and application: A comparative study among YouYube users and TikTok users\u2019 for medical purposes. International Journal of Data and Network Science<\/em>, 5<\/em>(3), 197 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5267\/j.ijdns2021.6.013<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Fawns, T. (2022). An entangled pedagogy: looking beyond the pedagogy\u2014technology dichotomy. Postdigital Science and Education<\/em>, (20220402)<\/em>. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s42438-022-00302-7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Geyser, W. (March 31, 2022). What is TikTok? \u2013 Everything you need to know in 2022. Influencer Marketing Hub. https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/what-is-tiktok\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hartung, C., Ann Hendry, N., Albury, K., Johnston, S., & Welch, R. (2022). Teachers of TikTok: Glimpses and gestures in the performance of professional identity. Media International Australia<\/em>, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1329878X211068836<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Liao, Y. (September, 2021). Application of Tik Tok in physical education<\/em> [Paper presentation]. ICISCAE 2021: 2021 4th<\/sup>International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Aided Education, Dalian, China. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3482632.3483060<\/p>\n\n\n\n Selwyn, N. (2010). Looking beyond learning: Notes towards the critical study of educational technology. 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