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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Social Community (Always Illinois)
Naj Shaik, PhDUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Outline
• Higher Education Services (Web 1.0)• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign• Social Networks• Open public vs private secure social networks• Always Illinois • Affinity Networks vs. Facebook • Framework for Student Services
Higher Education Student Services
• Segmented and static applications.• Authenticated, secure, trusted and integrated
with institutions database.• Members do not have the ability to create,
edit, and share user generated content.• Generation-C student have higher
expectations about student services. They are migrating to public social networks.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Began in 1867 as one of the original 37 public land-grant institutions created after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act in 1862.
• 11,431 Graduate and professional students• Among the top five U.S. universities in number
of earned doctorates awarded annually• 30,895 Students from all 50 states• 5,000+ courses offered• Over 150 programs of study
Students, Faculty, & StaffUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 42,326 Total students: 53% men, 47% women,
• 2,971 Faculty (FTE)– 22 Nobel Prize faculty and many noted
scholars including one Craford Prize and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners
• 3,551 Staff (FTE): Administrative and Academic Professional
• 4,534 Support Staff (FTE).• 394,321 living alumni of the University
Social Networks
• Member Profiles: users communicate their personal background, interests, personal artifacts to advertise their presence in the community
• Connections: members are invited to join social groups based on their personal profile
• Map Relationships: Social networks foster, promote, and help facilitate relationships
• User generated content• Harnessing the power of collective intelligence• Network effect• Open public vs. private secure social networks
Open Public Social Network (FaceBook / LinkedIn)vs.
Private Secure Social Network (AffinityCircles)
• Interactions / Relationships• Reliability of Services• Access (open or private & restricted)• Trust / Secure • Authentic /Credible • Confidentiality• Innovations (public APIs / Open)• Branded Community• Talent Pipeline
Always Illinois https://www.alwaysillinois.org/ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• An ILLINOIS version of Facebook or MySpace• Online networking community that includes all
ILLINOIS alumni, students, faculty and staff.• Offers the basic functions of a social network with
added levels of security and privacy.• Free to ILLINOIS alumni, students, faculty and staff.• Background
– can expand your personal ILLINOIS network exponentially – designed to handle a variety of information and
communication – you have full control over the amount of information
made available to others – You can participate as much or as little as you prefer
Always Illinois: Privacy
• Protects the privacy and does not share contact information.
• Secure Access – Students, Faculty, and Staff authenticate
through BlueStem– University alumnus has a unique ID number
called a Personal Security Code• Each member determine how much of their
profile to be shared within the community
Always Illinois: Login
Always Illinois: My Home Page
Always Illinois: People Section
Always Illinois: Groups Section
Always Illinois: Careers Section
Always Illinois: Discussion Section
Affinity Circles http://www.affinitycircles.com
inCircle: Features and Benefits• My Profile: members can also protect their privacy.
• Photo Albums: sharing photos & makes personal interactions.
• My Contacts: filtering and viewing their network and even plot the connections on a dynamic Yahoo!Map.
• Network: fosters professional growth by professional contacts, job searches, and make connections within specific industries.
• Events: Groups / individuals can publicize events on the network.
• Forums: Discussion groups.
• Groups: Creating customized groups within the network.
• Blog Feeds: Members share their blogs in a personal profile
• Jobs: inCircle creates a new channel for job seekers
Facebook: Login
Facebook: Member Profile
Facebook: Applications
Selected References• Affinity Circles. (2008). Winning the War for Talent. White
Paper. http://affinitycircles.com • Always Illinois
https://www.alwaysillinois.org/uiuc/register.html • Facebook http://facebook.com • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign http://www.uiuc.edu • Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org