It is more or less clear the power that various social media platforms have for individual to individual interaction but how can a university or a department build a similar connection? The session I propose regards how different institutions – libraries, academics departments, universities – can use various social media platforms to engage their respective audiences.
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#1 by amyschexnayder on March 31, 2011 - 6:08 pm
I think this session and the one I suggested could be combined – this is a lot of what I had in mind. 🙂
#2 by Paul Logasa Bogen II on March 27, 2011 - 2:59 am
I have actually just come across a planning-phase initiative with a student and professor at TAMU focused on building a social network / clearinghouse for people interested in injustice research. I have some ideas on the subject and I’m toying with options to suggest them to implement (Omeka, Drupal with a heavy helping of modules, OpenSocial, and MediaWiki). But not really certain how to best support the potential community the student and professor seek to engage.
#3 by Jessica Murphy on March 26, 2011 - 3:27 pm
I am currently at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Montreal, where I co-presented on an assignment that uses a social network platform to teach early modern drama to undergraduates. Our main frustration for the assignment was that there is nothing resembling institutional support for this kind of engaging and exciting way to get students to understand both their relationship to performance and the dramatic texts themselves. In fact, university LMS/CMS platforms tend to discourage collaborative and social behavior. I would like to tack onto your suggestion here by adding a consideration of how we can get our institutions to do some of this work too.