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Mar 29, 2015
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Do you YouTube? Wanna come to MySpace?
Musings on narcissism in the 21st century student
Yoni Ryan
University of Canberra
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Narcissism in cyber space?
• www.myspace.com/99696839
• www.myspace.com/your_deepest_fear_of_life
• www.myspace.com/taniapiccolo
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Kath: Look at moy, look at moiye. Kimmy, look at moiye.
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Overview
• Examine the social and technological phenomena of social media:
1. by canvassing some of the print media reaction to social media
2. by exploring more serious commentary
3. by suggesting some reasons for the popularity of social media
• Outline the common responses of the HE community
• Suggest some further responses
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Print media reactions
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Serious commentary
• Demos: ‘Digital Curriculum:Their Space’ 2006
• Twenge San Diego University
• Birkerts: The Gutenberg Elegies 1994
• Dusseldorp Skills Forum 2007
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Why the massive popularity?
• Powerlessness
• ‘Natives’ vs ‘immigrants’ and incomprehension
• Delayed identity formation
• ‘You have zero privacy already’
• Exploration of identity: ‘playing’
• A technical ‘exclusion’ zone from parents
• Our focus on job-ready graduates and online ‘knowledge’
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Common responses in HE
• Alarmism
• Denial
• Limited use as a ‘bolt-on’
• Embedding in curriculum design
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Additional responses
• A thorough overhaul of curriculum design and development
• Innovative use of social technologies for support services
• A re-examination of the role of a university education
• Simplified applications and technical compatibility
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Acknowledgements
I am deeply indebted for technical assistance (and some good discussion!) to Jennifer Jones,
LearnOnLine Manager, UC, and Matt Bacon, Educational Technologist, UC. I have also learned lots from the mashedlc team; see
http://mashedlc.edu.au.
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Alternate responses
• Wikis for community life: http://wiki.case.edu/Main_Page
• Blogs for FYE experiences e.g. Uni Melb:
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/transition/starting/blog.html (and note last years have come back! Why not all years?)
• Facebook: pick US uni for examples
• http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/news/podcast/eli/ELIEP9 for use of SecondLife via EdNA
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• http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/pid/1