Academic Facebook: An Experiment in Student / Tutor Relationships
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Software
Came across a rather interesting blog article from EduSpaces user AWyatt called “Academic Facebook: Lessons learned so far“. AWyatt has been using Facebook to talk to students outside of the class and offers some interesting insights upon it’s use: Things I have done that I thought were positive: Have messaged conversations about issues that matter, [...]
Tags: Academia, Facebook, IDELautumn07
The Perils and Prospects of Facebook
Posted by HeyWayne | Filed under Software
I’ve probably been using Facebook for about 9 months now. This was, in part, to see how our students were using it. I noticed only a sprinkling of our academics being on there but not showing too much in the way of any significant activity. Facebook is one of those “must-have killer apps” that is [...]
Tags: Boyd, Class Division, Facebook, IDELautumn07, Social Networking
