Wrap Up & Next Steps

Lessons Learned: Strengths
• Opportunities for communication

Lessons Learned: Strengths
• Opportunities for communication
• Build relationships; student 2 student and
instructor 2 student

Lessons Learned: Strengths
• Opportunities for communication –
communication tool
• Build relationships; student 2 student and
instructor 2 student

Lessons Learned: Concerns
• Platform is not as robust as other
university and web tools

Lessons Learned: Concerns
• Platform is not as robust as other
university and web tools
• Establishing boundaries and avoiding
conflict of interest

Lessons Learned: Concerns
• Platform is not as robust as other
university and web tools
• Establishing boundaries and avoiding
conflict of interest
• Students may not want us there – creepy
tree house

Is it appropriate?
• 33% somewhat inappropriate
• 35% somewhat appropriate
• 22% undecided
• 4% very inappropriate
• 6% very appropriate
Mazer, Murphy & Simonds. (2007). I’ll See You On “Facebook”: The Effects of
Computer-Mediated Teacher Self-Disclosure on Student Motivation, Affective
Learning, and Classroom Climate. Communication Education 56 (1), 1-17.

Facebook Group
• Gee, I don’t think I want my professors on
facebook anymore
17 members

Facebook Groups
• Faculty Ethics on Facebook
o 583 members

Lessons Learned: Other Concerns?

Suggestions
• Professional and transactional

Suggestions
• Professional and transactional
o Accept all student friend requests or none
o Remember public nature of comments;
protect student privacy
o Focus on course-related topics

Suggestions
• Professional and transactional
• Consider a shared agreement

Suggestions
• Professional and transactional
• Consider a shared agreement
• Determine how much to self-disclose
o Photos, interests, campus groups

My professional presence

Other suggestions?

Social Web for Professional
Development
• Engage in the social life of your discipline
o Join an academic SNS

Google Notebook
• Social Networking Services for
Academics
http://tinyurl.com/AcademicSNS

Social Web for Professional
Development
• Engage in the social life of your
profession
o Join an academic SNS
o Subscribe to a blog
o Collaborate using online tools
o Create a Facebook Group for your course

Open Office Hours
Ask questions, Get advice and Hands-on Help
• In the Faculty Room, AH 1109
o Tomorrow, Nov. 13, 12:00 to 1:30
o Friday, Nov. 14, 11:30 to 1:00
o Tuesday, Nov. 18, 9:00 to 10:30

References
Let’s just be friends. (June 20, 2008). The Chronicle of Higher
Education. A28-29.
Mazer, Murphy & Simonds. (2007). I’ll See You On “Facebook”: The
Effects of Computer-Mediated Teacher Self-Disclosure on Student
Motivation, Affective Learning, and Classroom Climate. Communication
Education 56 (1), 1-17.
Schools grapple with teachers’ Facebook use. (October 10, 2008).
eSchool News.
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=55535