New Information Delivery Technologies: Social Software for Instruction
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This document discusses using various social software tools for instruction purposes. It summarizes the pros and cons of blogs, wikis, Facebook, and social bookmarking. Blogs are good for timely and static content but difficult to organize across subjects. Wikis are better for multi-subject support and easy to update but not as good for timely content. Facebook is where students already are but requires HTML knowledge. Social bookmarking allows content reuse across pages but relies on third parties. The document recommends having a maintenance and marketing plan, and promoting the tools during instruction.
New Information Delivery Technologies: Social Software for Instruction
- 1. SOCIAL SOFTWARE FOR INSTRUCTION MEREDITH FARKAS http://www.flickr.com/photos/universityofscrantonlibrary/3720985079/
- 2. WHY USE SOCIAL SOFTWARE FOR INSTRUCTION? Usually free software Easy to maintain on the systems side Easy to use for the non-techie Easier to update than a typical website Ways to provide up-to-the minute content Mechanisms for subscribing or “liking” Feedback mechanisms
- 3. BLOGS FOR POINT OF NEED INSTRUCTION
- 12. BLOGS Why blogs? Easy to install the software and maintain Easy to use Good for both timely and static content Students can subscribe to get new content Searchable and browseable (through tags) Why not blogs? An individual blog is difficult to organize for supporting multiple subjects
- 13. WIKIS AS SUBJECT GUIDES
- 17. WIKIS Why wiki? Better for supporting instruction in multiple subjects than a blog Easy to install the software and maintain Easy to use (for the non-web designer) Easy to update on-the-fly (like during an instruction session!) Searchable and browseable (through categories) Why not wiki? Not conducive to content re-use Not good if posting timely content is the priority
- 18. FACEBOOK FOR THE ULTIMATE PORTAL
- 22. FACEBOOK Why Facebook? Our students are already there Students can “like” you and then find you easily Why not Facebook? FB is constantly changing the layout and limitations of pages You do need to know HTML to make this work
- 23. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING FOR GUIDE CONTENT MANAGEMENT
- 28. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING Why social bookmarking? Can reuse microcontent (link/title/description) across multiple web pages/guides Only need to update a resource in one place Why not social bookmarking? Reliant on a 3 rd party service Limitations on display of content unless you have programming skills
- 29. TIPS Protect your content – don’t use third-party hosted platforms Figure out if you want to have timely content For blogs and Facebook – regular updates are critical Have a maintenance plan Have a marketing plan Promote in instruction sessions!
- 30. Questions? Find me at meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress mgfarkas (at) gmail.com flickr, twitter: librarianmer facebook: meredithfarkas Slides and links at http://meredithfarkas.wetpaint.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/2401196653/