The document discusses the effects of social networking on academic literacy and identifies both benefits and concerns. It provides examples of popular social networks like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter and how they are used for educational purposes. Key benefits mentioned include supporting collaboration and networking among students and faculty, while concerns relate to privacy, information misuse, and potential legal issues.

1. Effects of Social Networking in Academic Literacy: Myths & Truths George Dafoulas Business Information Systems Department School of Engineering & Information Sciences Middlesex University

14. Social networks: Myths & Truths 1 of 3 MYTH TRUTH Computer use can be tracked (cookies, spyware) Inappropriate and illegal content may harm others Advertisers may use information to solicit emails Personal information can lead to id theft Liability of using materials inappropriately Impact of using the public domain (Oops too late) Addiction to checking for news and updates Violating the student conduct code Spying academics in search for fake excuses Spying employers in search for fake CVs Harassment, stalking, assault & slander Viruses, malware, spyware, dangerous links University boundaries no longer protect content

19. Future work: social networks and knowledge management People Technology Processes KM Social network analysis Information architecture Knowledge Management Systems Relationship between people and content

20. Web 2.0: 30 years of evolving communication Source: Morgan Stanley 1975 Landline Phone 2005 Mobile VoIP IM Blogs Email Pace of innovation across communication devices, services and networks continues to increase Platforms become: Dynamic Interactive Engaging Syndicated

21. Web 2.0: Evolution Towards a Read/Write Platform Cuene.com/mima Web 1.0 (1993-2003) Pretty much HTML pages viewed through a browser Web 2.0 (2003- beyond) Web pages, plus a lot of other “content” shared over the web, with more interactivity; more like an application than a “page” “ Read” Mode “ Write” & Contribute “ Page” Primary Unit of content “ Post / record” “ static” State “ dynamic” Web browser Viewed through… Browsers, RSS Readers, anything “ Client Server” Architecture “ Web Services” Web Coders Content Created by… Everyone “ geeks” Domain of… “ mass amatuerization”

26. RSS examples

30. Web 2.0: Myths & Truths 2 of 3 MYTH TRUTH Too many tools to become familiar with Need to be more careful with my posts The students will eventually outpace me Technology overload for both students and me Technology outranks the curriculum Expensive to keep up with latest technologies Not suitable for my non-technical class Difficult to shift back to classroom mode I no longer need my office space Must be connected 24-7 I need to go back to school to learn all that There is no strategy behind all these initiatives Good idea but difficult to sustain

31. Dealing with the social networking burden Source: Forrester Research

32. Dealing with the social networking burden Source: Forrester Research Twitter Facebook Plaxo Relationships are explicit and difficult to handle LinkedIn

33. Dealing with the social networking burden Source: Forrester Research Relationship mapping is permission based

35. MUD: Second Life University campuses

37. 1a. Some characteristics for a successful virtual learning experience

38. 1b. Some characteristics for an effective virtual learning experience

39. 2. The DaCT village – learning modes Amphitheatre Seminar hall Classroom

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