New Manuscript: Integrating Web 2.0 Technologies in the Instructional Process
Posted 5/21/2008 09:31:00 AM |
The manuscript is a case study of the integration; it combines a survey with analysis of some of the benefits, risks and challenges. I'll be submitting the manuscript, but I wanted to post a draft here for other instructors. If you're thinking about integrating Facebook into your course, or you've been paying attention to products like Blackboard Sync, this manuscript may be worth your time. This paper focuses on the contextual privacy issues of moving instruction into student spaces of sociality - a complex issue indeed.
I'd really appreciate feedback. This is an early draft, and I'll be revising it a few more times before I submit. With regards to submitting, I've found a target publication, but if you know somewhere this paper might fit nicely, I'm all ears.
Back to my students. Over the course of the past two semesters, I've had the pleasure of working with about 40 students with interests all over the place. They're working on incredible projects, like Monte's VoiceThread and Daniel's StartupWear and Macrophi. The students are also doing great work in Facebook, creating lots of apps (that I hope to link to some day when they let me) and groups/pages/etc for their jobs/internships. If you're ever looking to hire someone with social networks knowledge and experience, I've got plenty of undergraduates and graduate students I can recommend!
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At May 22, 2008 11:47 AM,
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Okay, I think i get it now ... You're not talking about social services networks, you're talking about chatting sort of on YouTubes, Facebook, etc.
To me, I bet there are tons of avenues to research here, like seeing how other people "really" live ...
gary -
At May 22, 2008 2:48 PM,
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I haven't read the whole paper yet but it is a topic I am very interested in. I was excited to see the Blackboard Sync app for Fb but my excitement was dashed when our Bb admin stated that we wouldn't be using it because of FERPA and other security concerns.
I have attempted to use social networking technologies in other areas of my work (Student Affairs). However, I am constantly met with heightened concerns about using external sites to augment or extend University purposes/services.
Have you heard of any other institutions where this conservative approach to external sites is taken? -
At May 22, 2008 3:58 PM,
Glyn said...
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Lot of interesting stuff going on here, the whole idea of PLE is one that I am very interested in.
Have a look at posts from the Open University's Martin Weller - who blogs over at http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/
Well worth a look. Can't find link at mo, but he's also done a chart which looks at how the web 2.0 services that surround his work and his life
Will be keeping an eye on your blog, keep it up!
Glyn -
At May 25, 2008 8:15 AM,
fred said...
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Jim, I think it is fairly normal to take the conservative approach. I might even be able to argue that I took a "conservative" approach - placing strong boundaries and limits on what we'd do in 3rd party sites. The challenge is "instrumenting" the approach to these external sites - different faculty will have different levels of understanding, and it is quite challenging to use these external sites in any scalable fashion. I'm not exactly sure how we solve that problem either.
Glyn - Thanks for the links! -
At May 25, 2008 11:03 AM,
firefly said...
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Man, you guys are way over my head; I guess I have no clue to what you are writing about here... I have a BA but appears doctorate levels of education are far more complicated.
Can someone put this post in context for a layman like me?
What are you trying to accomplish? I know what Facebook is and Youtubes...but ...
Gary
