Transcript Document
Facebook for learning and
collaboration: engage your
students or colleagues
Tony Brett
Head of IT Support Staff Services
OUCS
Wednesday 11 February 2009
Agenda
► Quick
Facebook Introduction
► Privacy and Ownership Concerns
► Disciplinary Action
► Communicating
► Collaborating
► Teaching
► Practical
Facebook is a social network tool
► Framework
for information
► Complex control of who can see what
► Users have a “profile” with a picture* and other
personal details as they wish, including limiting
what certain people can see
► Based on “Networks”
► Facebook creates a newsfeed based on what
your “friends” are doing
► Available to anyone 13 and over
* Picture is important for recognition, especially with common names
Happy
th
5
Birthday!
► Started
in Harvard University Feb 2004
► Later added academic addresses (.edu, .ac.uk etc)
making “networks” for “colleges”
Oxford network has just over 33,000 people in it, out a
possible c. 45,000
► Regional
and Employer networks also exist
“Regional” anyone can join, but can’t change too often
“Employer” requires email address in the right domain
► Opened
to anyone with email in Sep 2006
Facebook has many features!
► The Wall
► Messages INBOX (and threads)
► Friends
► Pokes
► Groups
► Fan Pages & Adverts
► Events
► Photos & Videos (with tagging)
► Posted items & Notes
► Shared items
► Applications
& Chat
There are other Social Networking Sites
► Bebo
– lots of school children
► MySpace – musicians etc.
Sometimes called “poor man’s facebook”
► Friendfinder
► Twitter
- Microblogging
► And other minor sites
► Even sites where you can make your own
social networks
Friends
► The
key to networks
► Can invite by email or searching
Can search on your email address book
Privacy worry?
► Mutual
consent
► Friend lists can be used to control access and send
messages
► Can be good for keeping up with folks after
conferences or other business meetings etc.
► I recommend you only make friends with
people you actually know (and have
preferably met!)
Tagging
► Marking
a photo, video or other item as containing
a person
► Can only tag your own friends
► Others can tag your photos but need your
permission
► You can untag yourself if you don’t like a photo or
video you are tagged in
Then nobody can re-tag you
► Facebook
the AUP
won’t remove items unless they violate
What about my privacy?
► People
worry about revealing their personal lives
to the world
► Tutors and Students may want to keep things
from each other!
Limiting views to friend groups can help
► Identity
Theft Risk
Don’t show DOB and Home Address!
► Facebook
staff can check profiles (for policy
violations)
► Things are “cached” on the web so even if you
put something up then remove it, it may still be
held elsewhere for years!
Controlling Privacy is quite logical
► Privacy
screen on Facebook
► Settings for:
Account
►Name,
Contact Email, Password
Privacy
►Profile,
Search, News Feed & Wall, Applications
►How another user will see your profile
Applications
► Can
Control each photo album separately
Ownership Concerns
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Facebook T&Cs say that they can use everything you put
there, for free!
You hereby grant Facebook an irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive, transferable, fully paid, worldwide license (with the
right to sublicense) to (a) use, copy, publish, stream, store,
retain, publicly perform or display, transmit, scan, reformat,
modify, edit, frame, translate, excerpt, adapt, create derivative
works and distribute (through multiple tiers), any User Content
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Copyright Policy is strict
We respect the IP rights of others and we prohibit users from
Posting User Content that violates another party's IP rights.
When we receive a proper claim of IP infringement, we promptly
remove or disable access to the allegedly infringing User
Content.
Facebook will be entitled to the unrestricted use of any such
Submission for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without
acknowledgment or compensation to you.
Disciplinary Action & Prospective
Employers
► Don’t
name your employer and then defame
them or say anything to bring them or their
business into disrepute
► Don’t put stuff up you don’t want others to see.
Think about future employers etc.
► Oxford Students have been disciplined with
evidence from Facebook after post-exam
“trashing”
► In April 2007, students at a Toronto school were
banned from an end-of-the-year trip after
disparaging remarks about a teacher were found
on Facebook
So why use Facebook for Teaching?
► Personal
and professional networking only
differ in the content, not the tool
► Students today grew up with this stuff
► There is a divide between the way they
learn and the way we teach
► We are the digital immigrants!
► Teaching students the way they prefer to
learn may improve engagement and
attainment
Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants
Source: http://www.apple.com/au/education/digitalkids/disconnect/landscape.html
Teaching
► Have
► Have
your students in groups?
them as Facebook “friends” perhaps in a
friend group that you can restrict
Some students may be outraged that their lecturer ‘be-friended’ them but
others may think it’s pretty cool to be able to see a ‘real life’ side of the
person who’s teaching them
► Post
and share URLs
Weblearn material
Reading lists
Other online material
► Don’t
put your own material on facebook
just link to it
► Photos &
► Organise
Videos (but watch copyright!)
group work with facebook events.
► Groups
Communicating
Discussions
Photos
Videos
Posted items (Weblearn URLs?)
Group events and invitations
Groups for tutorial groups?
Don’t have to be a friend to be in a group with
someone
► Personal messages & threads
► Fan pages can be used for wider
updates
Maybe for a department or college
Useful recruitment or alumni tool?
See Oxford University fan page
advertising via
Collaborating
► Cross-Institution
Groups
► Subject-specific groups
Try searches
► Groups
or Events for specific conferences/meetings
UCISA is experimenting with this
► Easy
way to post and share videos and photos
► Universal across HE worldwide (almost!)
► Don’t forget ownership & privacy issues!
► Use “events” to set up meetings
Advertising
► Fan
pages exist for
Businesses
Brands or Products
Artists, Bands, Public Figures
► Easy
to create and manage
► Can use to send updates and promote
discussion
► Fans can contribute as they wish
► Organisation retains control
Exercises
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Make a profile if you don’t already have one –
www.facebook.com
Adjust your privacy settings – hide all or some of DOB
Join the Oxford network
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Make friends with your neighbour
Try tagging a note or some photos
Post a URL of something of interest and share it with a
neighbour
Restrict some things your neighbour can see
Search for groups that cover your subject
Make a group and invite your neighbour to it – or join an
existing one
Post something relevant to the group
Have a look at the Oxford network page and fan page
Search for some people you know
Unusual names are easier!
References
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http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/memos/facebook.html
Useful notes from Cornell (April 2006)
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http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/Facebook20/46324?time
=1234302688
Thoughts on Facebook 2.0
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http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm06/erm0660.asp
Notes from Educause December 2006 (long)
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http://www.educause.edu/LIVE0621
Live presentation: Facing Facebook and other social networking technologies
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http://blogs.edgehill.ac.uk/webservices/2007/10/30/fear-of-facebook/
Comments from a UK University
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http://student.independent.co.uk/university_life/article3068385.ece
Networking sites: Professors keep out! (October 07)
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http://www.apple.com/au/education/digitalkids/disconnect/landscape.html
The “digital disconnect”
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http://blogs.gartner.com/allen_weiner/2009/01/20/social-media-turns-a-page/
Social Media Turns a page