4. Agenda Introduce problem Future of learning == social networks Examine island.byu.edu (semi)-deep dive into social objects, nodal points and other fun social networking theory
5. Life Goal: Help organizations work and learn faster and better
6. My job (as defined for me): Research assistant studying how to use web2.0 tools in the classroom (do academic gubbidy guck)
7. My job (as defined by me): (help) fix Universities through social media
8. The Problem: “ How did institutions designed for learning become so widely hated by people who love learning?” – Michael Wesch
31. Goals of Island 1. Connect people / knowledge which aren't connected but should be 2. Provide tools for supporting learning communities (classes and otherwise) 3. Provide tools for building library of knowledge
51. Objects become more valuable when they become social objects (Drupal is great software but it's even more cool because it helps you find good friends)
52. How to build a social networking site around social objects?
54. Flickr Verbs == upload, download, embed Network == comment, share via url, or updates sent to other social networks
55. Dogster Verbs – create profiles (for their dogs), give gifts, adopt other dogs, post videos and pictures, and find dog related businesses near their homes.
56. Drupal Issues Verbs – create, change status, comment on, discuss (in irc, email, g.d.o), enlist help, write code for, test patches (really another social object)
58. A thought exercise: Paper towel social network Object = paper towels of all sizes, colors, purpose, origin Verbs = buy, sell, trade, write about, post videos, comment on
60. Quality of content not critical as long it's a good social object (i.e. it gets students talking)
61. “ For instance, content that may be imperfect is often good for encouraging others to participate, or content that is contentious may be better at stimulating debate. The very hard lesson for academics here is that the educational value is not in the content itself but the social interaction it begets.” – Martin Weller
63. Resources: Social Objects in Education: http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2008/01/whats-a-social.html Kyle Mathews: “What are Social Objects” http://kyle.mathews2000.com/blog/2009/02/21/what-are-social-objects Kyle Mathews: “How to Design a Social Networking Site Using Social Objects” http://kyle.mathews2000.com/blog/2009/02/27/how-design-social-networking-site-using-social-objects
65. Island's social objects # Groups # Posts (discussions, blog posts, job postings, events) # Comments # Status updates
66. Something about how I'm trying to increase the amount of socialization around the social objects + increase velocity of socialization with real time stuff
67. Link people to people through objects Not people to objects
82. What are people from your major saying? What are people saying about the big football game? What events are popular with people you follow?
83. Who is like you? Who should you follow? What groups should you join?
84. Let's make the world a better place through social networks
85. Resources: Jyri's lecture on nodal points http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiWjAVcWK4g Tim O'Reilly's def of web 2.0 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_adaptive_system https://island.byu.edu/wiki/social-gestures-ideas-wiki