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Social Software in Higher Education
1. Social Software in Higher
Education
Meredith Farkas
Distance Learning Librarian
Norwich University
2. Our students have changed radically.
Today’s students are no longer the
people our educational system was
designed to teach.
-Mark Prensky, “Digital Natives, Digital
Immigrants.”
8. Millennials (born after 1980)
• “Some of the best teachers I’ve had are the
ones I connect with personally… I think that
really encourages learning.”
9. Millennials (born after 1980)
• “Some of the best teachers I’ve had are the
ones I connect with personally… I think that
really encourages learning.”
• “Most of my classes are just fact
memorizations… I had one professor who set
up his history course around the experience of
doing research, writing a paper, and trying to
get it published… and at the end of the course
we had something we could try to get
published.”
11. Millennials
• “If we could speak to our professors [via IM],
it would feel like they’re on our level, more
accessible.”
12. Millennials
• “If we could speak to our professors [via IM],
it would feel like they’re on our level, more
accessible.”
• “Universities need to provide a way for shy
students, or for Millennials, or for any student
to connect to the University and other people
there. A discussion board, a forum or some
sort of social networking can allow students
to meet others like them, something that
might not happen face-to-face.”
13. Millennials
• “If we could speak to our professors [via IM],
it would feel like they’re on our level, more
accessible.”
• “Universities need to provide a way for shy
students, or for Millennials, or for any student
to connect to the University and other people
there. A discussion board, a forum or some
sort of social networking can allow students
to meet others like them, something that
might not happen face-to-face.”
15. Generation X
(1965-1980)
• “A professor should be more than just a ‘talking
head’ up in front of the class; the professor needs
to be seen as a person… Technology can be one
way to make that connection.”
16. Generation X
(1965-1980)
• “A professor should be more than just a ‘talking
head’ up in front of the class; the professor needs
to be seen as a person… Technology can be one
way to make that connection.”
• “Many faculty treat us as if we were in high school
– taking attendance for example. We’re all adults.
We should be responsible for our own learning.
Let me know what is required of me and then let
me get there. Facilitate my way there, provide me
with the resources.”
18. Baby Boomers (1946 –
1964)
• “Provide a Web component for each and
every course”
19. Baby Boomers (1946 –
1964)
• “Provide a Web component for each and
every course”
• “Today’s students are significantly busier
than they were when I was working on my
undergraduate degree in the 1970s… If
higher education listened to me, faculty and
administrators would relate better to their
students. They need to know more about
their students.”
22. My definition
To be defined as social software, a tool must meet at
least two of the following conditions:
23. My definition
To be defined as social software, a tool must meet at
least two of the following conditions:
24. My definition
To be defined as social software, a tool must meet at
least two of the following conditions:
• it allows people to communicate, collaborate and
build community online.
25. My definition
To be defined as social software, a tool must meet at
least two of the following conditions:
• it allows people to communicate, collaborate and
build community online.
• it can be syndicated, shared, reused or remixed, or
it facilitates syndication.
26. My definition
To be defined as social software, a tool must meet at
least two of the following conditions:
• it allows people to communicate, collaborate and
build community online.
• it can be syndicated, shared, reused or remixed, or
it facilitates syndication.
• it allows people to easily learn from and capitalize
on the behavior or knowledge of others.
41. Blogs
• Frequently updated website where postings are
displayed in reverse chronological order.
• Uses
– Course management system
43. Blogs
• Frequently updated website where postings are
displayed in reverse chronological order.
• Uses
– Course management system
– Faculty communication with students
45. Blogs
• Frequently updated website where postings are
displayed in reverse chronological order.
• Uses
– Course management system
– Faculty communication with students
– Reflective learning
48. Blogs
• Web journal where postings are displayed in reverse
chronological order.
• Uses
– Course management system
– Faculty communication with students
– Reflective learning
– Language or writing practice
50. Blogs
• Web journal where postings are displayed in reverse
chronological order.
• Uses
– Course management system
– Faculty communication with students
– Reflective learning
– Language or writing practice
– Alternative discussion forum
54. Wikis
• Allow a group of people to collaboratively
develop a Website with no knowledge of
HTML.
55. Wikis
• Allow a group of people to collaboratively
develop a Website with no knowledge of
HTML.
• Uses
– Courseware
59. Wikis
• Allow a group of people to collaboratively
develop a Website with no knowledge of
HTML.
• Uses
– Courseware
– Group projects
61. Wikis
• Allow a group of people to collaboratively
develop a Website with no knowledge of
HTML.
• Uses
– Courseware
– Group projects
– Collaboratively-developed resource guides
67. Podcasting
• Audio broadcast in MP3 format syndicated
via RSS.
• Uses
•Lectures and guest speakers
•Student projects
69. Podcasting
• Audio broadcast in MP3 format syndicated
via RSS.
• Uses
•Lectures and guest speakers
•Student projects
•News and marketing
71. Podcasting
• Audio broadcast in MP3 format syndicated via
RSS.
• Uses
•Lectures and guest speakers
•Student projects
•News and marketing
•Language classes, music classes
81. Benefits of blogging
• Humanizes the instructors
• Blogging to reflect on learning
• Jill’s epiphany about blogs
• Blogging to get feedback, start a conversation
• Tiah on libraries in social networking
software
• Janelle on getting others interested in wikis
• Blogging to create a record of transformative
learning
• Regan on Second Life
• Regan on Second Life: Take Two