Ulster Connections - Social Networking Sites/Facebook and Bebo

Slide 2: Ulster Connections Social Networking Sites/Facebook

Slide 3: Topics covered today  Overview of social networking  Facebook/Bebo – what your students are using  Introducing Ulster Connections (UU’s own social network)

Slide 4: What is social networking? (1)  Commoncraft video  Simple explanation in visual format

Slide 5: What is social networking? (2)

Slide 6: What is social networking? (3)  A conversation, powered by social software  People-centred technology

Slide 7: Popular social networking services

Slide 8: What your students are using

Slide 9: Facebook – Your profile  All about you  Photo of yourself  Your interests  Work/education history  Your likes and dislikes  ‘Mini-feed’ of recent activity on your page  Be aware of identity fraud

Slide 10: Sharing information with your network

Slide 11: Sending messages in Facebook  Via public ‘Wall’ on your page (see example, left)  Through private messages  Comment on other people’s photos or videos

Slide 12: Sharing multimedia on Facebook  Upload and share your photo albums  Share your music tastes  Watch YouTube videos

Slide 13: Facebook Applications  Option to add ‘Facebook Applications’  Free for users  Designed for amusement or educational purposes  Quizzes, games, news feeds and more

Slide 14: Bebo homepage

Slide 15: Bebo – your profile

Slide 16: Customising Bebo with ‘skins’

Slide 17: Bebo and video/music content  Video partners – CBS, MTV and more  Band pages – bands promote their music  Competing with sites like MySpace - showcases new artists before they become mainstream  Aiming for youth entertainment market

Slide 18: Privacy issues (1) – Public access

Slide 19: Privacy issues (2) – Make it private  Bebo - Make your profile public or private (one click)  Public – anyone can view/search for you  Private – only authorised friends see your page  Comments on public pages still searchable  Facebook’s privacy settings – more complex – edit separate sliders to define privacy  Facebook ALWAYS keep a copy of your details

Slide 20: Privacy issues (3) - Visibility  ‘Poke’ – electronic nudge  Recipient gets told you have contacted them  Your profile is public to recipient for one week (even if it’s usually private)

Slide 21: Intellectual property rights - Facebook

Slide 22: Intellectual property rights - Bebo  Bebo can reproduce your content through site  Your profile could be featured on homepage (see left)  Your video/music/content might be featured on Bebo  Make your profile private (if you don’t want others to see your content)

Slide 23: Introducing Ulster Connections

Slide 24: What is Ulster Connections?  Social network  Exclusive to the University  Add friends  Be part of a community  Upload files/photos/resources  Keep a blog  View aggregated media

Slide 25: Ulster Connections and privacy

Slide 26: Ulster Connections and community

Slide 27: Suggestions for using Connections

Slide 28: How will social networking influence education?  Already influencing politics, traditional media and advertising  Sheer ubiquity will compel educators to get up to speed  Educators still trying to figure out how to best use the technology

Slide 29: Some current educational uses  Language learning social networks (Palabea, Lingro, Livemocha  Subject-specific networks – Nature Network  Social network groups to support learning – Stanford, Teaching & Learning with Facebook (need account with Facebook to view)  Pre-application information – University of Oxford  Forums for groupwork/collaboration

Slide 30: How to use Ulster Connections See Ulster Connections> Karen Virapen> Files (in right hand menu)

Slide 31: Help files