DEPARTMENT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATIONTECHNOLOGY-ASSISTED LIFELONG LEARNING

30th January 2013

Social media: Evaluating the strategic value of students’ favourite technology in the university setting

David White @daveowhite

University of Oxford

Lawrie Phipps@Lawrie

JISC

Why are you here?

Presence

Presence

Presence

Universitysetting?

Free Wifi

‘I just type it into Google and see what comes up.’

(UKS2)

Strategic?

Convenience,ease of use,accessibility

Searching

Connection,sharing withothers

Collaborate

Authority,legitimacy

Speed

Relevance

Create

Fun,enjoyment

Distraction

Reliability

Quantity

Visitors and Residents

‘Perfect thing, I think it would be that all the useful, accurate, reliable information would like glow a different colour or something so I could tell without wasting my time going through all of them’ (UKS2)

“Think less - find more”

Value?

Value?

Visitor Resident

Video - http://is.gd/vandrvideo

Project - http://is.gd/vandrproject

Paper - http://is.gd/vandrpaper

Visitor ResidentcMOOCxMOOC

…the Facebook group is extremely active also, if not for just complaining about an assignment or trying to find a particular reading, but also sharing current news articles with each other. UKG2

“Question more - see further”

Thanks

David White - @daveowhite

Lawrie Phipps - @Lawrie

Visitors and Residents project team

A partnership between:

University of Oxford, OCLC, University of North Carolina Charlotte

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, OCLC

Donna Lanclos, Ph. D.

Associate Professor for Anthropological Research,

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

David White

Co-manager, Technology Assisted Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford

Erin Hood

Research Support Specialist, OCLC

Alison LeCornu, Ph. D.

Academic Lead (Flexible Learning), The Higher Education Academy

Fish pond: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ambienttraffic/59197765

Cash till: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jojakeman/2434236126/

Spaghetti bridge:http://www.flickr.com/photos/csufnewsphotos/4879186391/

Wifi router:http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotero/1414451193/

Oxford Universityhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/catzrule/4982768828/

Goldfish:http://www.flickr.com/photos/julep67/237998142/

Map:http://www.flickr.com/photos/kozumel/4625046441/

Picture credits