FaceBook and Other Social Media Connecting through the Web
Jan 13, 2015
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
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20052003
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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 ?