Social Media in Education: With or Without Instructor?

Do students want their instructors to participate in their social media activity?
Do students engage more when their instructors participate in their communication or just observe?

In my pilot study, I asked students to use Instagram and interact freely without instructors. It was because I thought that it was more natural and that students will prefer interacting with their fellow students rather than their teacher or TA. However, while I am tweeting for this course, I found it seems more vibrant when our instructor actively posted and commented on students tweets. The Friday challenge was intriguing., too.

I hope to compare two scenarios with and without instructors' participation in my study some day.

Start Blogging!

Blogging has long been sitting on my To Do or Wish List but I could not start it...
Why? Maybe because I did not know where to start? Personal? Academic?
Just thought too much instead of doing it...
Now that I am taking EME 6414 during this summer, I hope I can have some good ideas about how to manage my blogging... Let's begin!