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Amanda Cashman , Brenley Devlin, Brent Ploughe, Bill Tehan Western Illinois University. “Social media is like water. On its own, water does some cool things, but when combined with other compounds it enabled the evolution of all forms of life." - Volpe, 2012. What are Social networks?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“Social media is like water. On its own, water does some cool things, but when combined with other compounds it enabled the evolution of all forms of life." - Volpe, 2012
Amanda Cashman, Brenley Devlin, Brent Ploughe, Bill Tehan
Western Illinois University
WHAT ARE SOCIAL NETWORKS?
We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to:
Construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system
Articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection
View and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system.
• Facebook• Twitter• LinkedIn• Blogging
• Messaging Boards• YouTube• Google Docs• Spotify
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA UTILIZED
IN HIGHER EDUCATION
WHO IS USING SOCIAL MEDIA?
Research at the University of New Hampshire found percentage of UNH students who used each platform (social media) daily: Facebook 96% YouTube 84% Blogs 20% Twitter 14% MySpace 12% LinkedIn 10%
CNN found: 98% of College have a Facebook page; 84% have a Twitter page
If Facebook were a country, it would be the 3rd most populated in the world (behind only China and India)
2 billion YouTube videos viewed per day. Americans spend a quarter of their online time on social networking
sites 40% of social media users have social networking on their
smartphones
INSTITUTIONS WITH EFFECTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA PRACTICES
• Texas A&M
• The Ohio State University
• Harvard University
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
TAKING SOCIAL MEDIA TO THE NEXT LEVEL AT MIDDLE COLLEGE
Coordinate Strategy across Campus
Invest in Education and Training
Get Students Involved
Put your School’s President on Facebook/Twitter
HOW WILL USING SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE OUR
UNIVERSITY?MIDDLE COLLEGEFACEBOOK PAGE
MIDDLE COLLEGE TWITTER PAGE
ADDRESSING CONCERNS
WITH SOCIAL MEDIA• Compliance Program• Guest Speakers/Programs• Video with current students on website –
addressing issues related to social media• Review of Code of Conduct policy• Create a Social Media Living Learning
Community–Monitor and Coordinate all social media
networks at Middle College
ELECTRONIC CIVILITY PLEDGE
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
• Baxter-Magolda’s: Self-Authorship Theory
• Kolb’s Learning Styles
• Perry’s Ethical Development Theory
• Transformational Learning
QUESTIONS?
FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK
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Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 11. Retrieved February 17, 2012, from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/boyd.ellison.html.
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• Howard, J. (2011). Social media lure academics frustrated by journals. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved February 18, 2012, from http://chronicle.com/article/Social-Media-Lure-Academics/126426/.
• Keeling, R. P. (2006). Learning reconsidered 2: A practical guide to implementing a campus-wide focus on student experience. Washington DC: ACPA, ACUHO-I, NACADA, NACA, NASPA & NIRSA.
• Kegan, R. (1994). In over our heads: The mental demands of modern life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• Nielsen. (2011). Social Media Report. Nielsen. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/social/.
• Umika Pidaparthy. (2012). How college use, misuse social media to reach students. CNN.com. Retrieved February 19, 2012, from http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/20/tech/social-media/universities-social- media/index.html
• University of New Hampshire. (2012). Social networking usage and grades among college students. Retrieved February 17, 2012, from http://www.unh.edu/news/docs/UNHsocialmedia.pdf.
• Volpe, M. (2012). How can social media be incorporate into your communication at Notre Dame. Retrieved February 17, 2012, from http://blogs.nd.edu/donschindler/2011/04/18/how-can-social-media-be- incorporated-into-your-communications-at-notre-dame/.