Slide from a presentation on social networking sites and college education one of my colleagues gave today. He argues that we should meet our students where they are - Facebook and, especially, Twitter - and envisioned a university which embraces new media: if professors tweet miniblogs, all public events are recorded and posted, and everything - including student internet discussions - is open for all to see (inside the university or out), then the university is humanized and transparent, and students are better prepared to take responsibility for their actions and thoughts publicly on graduating! Or something like that. Not sure what I think...
Friday, March 27, 2009
College tweet
Slide from a presentation on social networking sites and college education one of my colleagues gave today. He argues that we should meet our students where they are - Facebook and, especially, Twitter - and envisioned a university which embraces new media: if professors tweet miniblogs, all public events are recorded and posted, and everything - including student internet discussions - is open for all to see (inside the university or out), then the university is humanized and transparent, and students are better prepared to take responsibility for their actions and thoughts publicly on graduating! Or something like that. Not sure what I think...