FaceBook and Other Social Media

FaceBook and OtherSocial Media

Connecting through the Web

"New technologies are always used to do old tasks--until some driving force causes them to be used in new ways."

~Marshall McLuhan

How is the web

changing where and

how connection

s takes place?

Slide courtesy of Marta Z. Kagan, http://martazkagan.com

Slide courtesy of Marta Z. Kagan, http://martazkagan.com

Slide courtesy of Marta Z. Kagan, http://martazkagan.com

Slide courtesy of Marta Z. Kagan, http://martazkagan.com

2004

2004

20081998

2007

20052003

2001

2003

20052008

2004

2006

2008

1999

The Early WWW

• Web as destination • One-Way Surfing

• Go to Web to search / find /read

• content collection

• HTML coding skills a must for publishing

Web 2.0

• The read / write web

• Anyone can now publish!• Blogs, wikis, podcasting, RSS• HTML coding skills not necessary

• Web creation and interaction

Open Community of Practice

The Social Web

& PLEs

• Learning Mgmt Systems

• Open courseware• Social networking• Web 2.0

Formal & Informal Online Learning Environments

What do we know about Today’s students?

ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information

Technology, 2007• Fourth consecutive year of study• 27,846 Freshmen, seniors and

community college students• 103 Higher education institutions

Educause Center for Applied Research

Student Computer / Internet Activity

• Average use of electronic devices exceeds 18 hours / week

• 99.9% send and read email• 98.6% write documents for course

work• 94.7% search the web & institutional

library • 91.7% create presentations

Student Computer / Internet Activity

• 86.4% online shopping• 84.1% send instant messages• 83 % use course management system• 81.6% online social network (Facebook)• 78.3% play computer games • 41.7% access / use wikis• 29.1% create web pages • 27.8% blogging

Student Preferences for IT use in Courses

Perceptions of IT in Courses

Using IT in Courses

Bottom Lines?

• Undergrads like IT • Net Gen characterization does

not apply to all undergrads• University is a place where

students mature as IT users• Respondents agree with series

of positive outcome statements about IT

FacebookThat W

as Last Year,

Now 4th Most Trafficked

Questions ?