This document outlines the schedule and content for Session Three of a collaboration and networking event. The session will cover social media values, networks, and platforms. It will also discuss collaboration tools in social networking contexts and the ethics of data collection. The schedule includes an activity where participants will discuss situations requiring networking and collaboration. There will also be discussions on social networking theory and a case study example before concluding with an open question lunch.

1. Session Three
Collaboration & Networking
Andy Coverdale &LeRoy Hill
B14 Jubilee Graduate Centre
17 February 2010

2. Session Three: Schedule
• Introduction
• Social Media Values
• Social Networks
• Social Network Sites
• Social Network platforms
• Social Networking: Collaboration
• Collaborative tools
• Social Networking: Academic Practice & Research
• Social Networking: Ethics & Data Collection
• Activity: Discussion
• Social Networking: Theory & Context
• CEN Case: An example of emerging social networking research
1pm Lunch: Further Discussion and Questions

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4. Microsoft clipart
Microsoft clipart
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5. Social Networks
Social Networks represent the links
and interconnection between
individuals.
-Traditional – Not easily identifiable
- Social media/ Web – links can be
recognized.
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6. Online Social Networks Sites
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7. Online Social Networks Platforms
1. Hosted /
Commercial

8. Online Social Networks Platforms
2. Open Source/ Own hosting

9. What makes collaboration possible?
Participation Consensus Collaboration

10. Collaboration & Social Networking
Collaboration for
Participation Consensus Reflection
knowledge
Co-creation.
A number of tools and
activities within the
Social networking Collaboration social networking
context can lead to
collaboration but it does
not necessarily mean
Collaboration Long hours of that collaboration is
chatter
taking place.

11. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
1. Social Networking
A number of these
tools provide social,
supportive and critical
environments for
participation and
collaboration.
Facebook Groups

12. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
2. Synchronous Meetings
These tools allow
Features: individuals to conduct live
-VOIP meetings, trainings, present
-Text Chat ations on the internet.
-White board These tools offer much
screen more than web
- Polling conferencing. They allow
collaboration in the form of
what is referred to as a
webinar.

14. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
3. Online Sharing tools
•Sharing of academic content
in different forms / media
•Dissemination of work to a
wider audience.
•Tagging and annotation of
content.
•Content can be linked to /
embedded on other sites (e.g.
blogs).

15. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
4. Wikis
• Free, online collaborative
writing spaces that use
simple formatting rules.
• Blog - One main author
• Wiki – Multiple authors
• Allows individuals to edit
the work of others
• Continuous – always a work
in progress

16. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
3. Wikis

17. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
5. Real-time Collaborative Tools
SubEthaEdit

18. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
6. Annotation tools
Text: Typically a bookmarking
tool to annotate (add sticky
notes, highlights, etc.) web
sites.
Audio: SpinVox , VoiceThread

19. Collaborative tools: in Social Networking Context
7. Virtual Environments: Second life
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20. Social Networking: Academic Practice & Research
Learning is
complex
Reflect
Observe
on data
Unclear ontology
for Collaboration &
methodological participation key
applications
Assumptions Negotiate
Act
a plan
Emerging
Design takes on challenges &
new meaning issues relating to
data & research.
Participatory Learning Design for
Network Learning

21. Social Networking: Ethics & Data Collection
•No clear-cut way for doing internet inquiry…still emerging
•‘lateral surveillance’ or peer monitoring - The Work of Watching One
Another in research contexts has implications for how the research is
seen as opposed to traditional forms of observations.
•Professional identity and usernames. Questions of disclosure and
trust

22. Social Networking: Ethics & Data Collection
•Public, private or thirdspace? Or is it Private information in public
places?
• What audience is your data intended for?
Friends? family? Employer? Academic institution?
• Challenges of data ownership & prying data out of a social network.
• Most of the press on Social Networking sites has been on the
negative side.

23. Social Networking: Ethics & Data Collection
The Facebook challenge
• Massive users data a target
• Users’ expectation of privacy is violated. Why?
• The data can easily be crawled by scripts, third party APIs
• Much of personal data can be crawled.
• Users Social map is searchable – your links exposed.
•Facebook has right to user traffic data
• Users are unaware or unconcerned of privacy issues.
• False profiles and identities questions the authenticity of FB

24. Social Networking: Analyzing network activity
1. Social Networking Analysis
2. Community of Inquiry analysis

25. Activity: Discussion on…
In your table groups we would like you to :
Draw on your own academic practice to
discuss situations where…
1. Networking is important
2. Collaboration is important
•What sorts of activities are involved?
•What sorts of artefacts (documents etc.) are
involved?

26. Social Networking: Theory and Context
Network Theory
Graph Theory
Social Network Theory
Actor Network Theory
[Michel Callon and Bruno Latour]

27. Social Networking: Theory and Context
Connectivism
George Siemens and Steven Downes
http://www.visual-mapping.com/2008/03/connectivism-learning-theory-for.html

28. Social Networking: CEN Case

29. Lunch: Further Discussion and Questions
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