Call Facebook

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Facebook: teaching,communicating and

collaboratingTony Brett

Head of IT Support Staff Services

OUCSTuesday 6 November 2007


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Agenda

Quick Facebook Introduction Privacy and Ownership Concerns

Disciplinary Action

Communicating

Collaborating

Teaching

Practical


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What is Facebook?

A social networking site Framework for information

Complex control of who can see what

Users have a profile with a picture* andother personal details as they wish,including limited profile

Based on Networks

Facebook creates a newsfeed based onwhat your friends are doing

* Picture is important for recognition, especially with common names


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What is Facebook?

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 apossible c. 45,000

Regional and Employer networks also exist

Regional anyone can join, but cant change too often

Employer requires email address in the right domain

Opened to anyone with email in Sep 2006


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Facebook features

The Wall Messages INBOX (and threads)

Pokes

Groups Events

Photos & Videos (with tagging)

Posted items (text and URLs) Shared items

Applications


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Other Social Networking Sites

Bebolots of school children

MySpacemusicians etc.

Sometimes called poor mans facebook Friendfinder

Twitter

And other minor sites


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Privacy Concerns

People worry about revealing their personal livesto the world

Tutors and Students may want to keep thingsfrom each other! Restricted Profiles can help

Identity Theft Risk Dont show DOB and Home Address!

Facebook staff can check profiles (for policyviolations)

Things are cached on the web so even if youput something up then remove it, it may still beheld elsewhere for years!


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How to control privacy

Privacy screen on Facebook Settings for:

Profile

Search News feed

Poke, message, friend request

Applications

Dont put stuff up you dont want others tosee. Think about future employers etc.


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Ownership Concerns

Facebook T&Cs say that they own everythingyou put there

All content on the Site are the proprietary property

of the Company.

Copyright Policy is strict But dont put things up you intend to publish or

otherwise claim copyright to! You acknowledge and agree that any questions, comments,

suggestions, ideas, feedback or other information about theSite or the Service ("Submissions"), provided by you to

Company are non-confidential and shall become the sole

property of Company.


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Disciplinary Action

Dont name your employer and then defamethem or say anything to bring them intodisrepute

Oxford Students have been disciplined with

evidence from Facebook after post-examtrashing

In April, students at a Toronto school werebanned from an end-of-the-year trip after

disparaging remarks about a teacher were foundon Facebook


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So why use Facebook for Teaching?

Personal and professional networking only

differ in the content, not the tool

Students today are digitally native

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 attainment


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Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

Source: http://www.apple.com/au/education/digitalkids/disconnect/landscape.html


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Teaching

Have your students in groups?

Have them as Facebook friends perhaps

with limited profile status

Post and share URLs

Weblearn material

Reading lists

Other online material

Photos & Videos (but watch copyright!)


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Communicating

Groups Discussions

Photos

Videos

Posted items (Weblearn URLs?)

Group events and invitations

Groups for tutorial groups?

Dont have to be a friend to be in a group with

someone

Personal messages & threads


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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!) Dont forget ownership & privacy issues!


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Exercises

Make a profile if you dont already have one Adjust your privacy settings

Join the Oxford network

Make friends with your neighbour

Make your neighbour only see your limited profile Search for groups that cover your subject

Make a group and invite your neighbour to itor joinan existing one

Have a look at the Oxford network page Search for some people you know

Unusual names are easier!


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Documents

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