Higher education is facing an identity crisis due to the rise of social media. Social media provides many of the same benefits as higher education such as access to resources, experts, and communities for intellectual discussion which were previously only available through institutions of higher education. Educators must adapt to this changing landscape and focus on guiding self-directed learners and modeling lifelong learning rather than acting as gatekeepers of knowledge.
1. A Futurist’s View of Higher Education: How Social Media is Pushing Higher Ed into Identity Crisis Sarah “Intellagirl” Robbins-Bell EduComm June 2008
24. The Tool (s) dialogic media blogs wikis participatory social networks folksonomy audio video mobile RSS remix API convergence reputation community social hypertextual semantic discovery trust hypermediated augmented identity
36. Dialogic communication remediates the lack of community in old models. Offers new ways to learn without the communities and structures created by institutions.