A presentation for New Zealand Cooperative Education Confernence, 14-16 April, 2010, Massey University, Sport and Rugby Institute, Palmerston North, New zealand

1. Is the village common in a cloud? Cooperative education and social networking Diana Ayling Unitec

2. Could social networking enhance students, staff and hosts experiences in cooperative education?

3. Problems with managing cooperative education courses?

4. The Global Village and the World Wide Web

5. What do we do in the global village? Communicate Represent ourselves View/find information Create/customise profiles Author/load content Add/share content Post messages Collaborate

6. Web 2.0 = Virtual Backpack Flexible Personalised Available Accessible Communities of Practice

7. http://www.wordle.net/.

8. Moving to an online community of practice hosted by a social networking service. Confidence Independence Collaboration

9. What is needed? Skills Preparation Platform Rich content Participation Ideas Experiences Reflections Reponsiveness

10. Does social networking enhance student learning in cooperative education?