- How might you incorporate use of the application you chose into your work/teaching/learning context?
- What value might it add?
- What issues around ownership, copyright, privacy and security might arise from use of such online spaces?
Social software file-sharing applications such as Flickr provide free storage and the opportunity of sharing e.g. photos and graphics,
The main thing for me to start off with and consider is that in my field (Media Communications) social networking sites are objects of studies. I'm reminded here of comments from Terry Bolas' Screen Education where he discusses film education and draws out the distinction in film as a visual aid and object (2009: 62).
How social networking sites might be incorporated then poses an interesting question around 'resource' and/or 'object of study'. For this activity, I'm going to focus on the use of 'blogger' as a resource in relation to my teaching.
One course in which blogger has an immediate connection is 'Journalism & Citizenship'. Blogs have been regarded as having a significant transformative influence of practices of 'newswork'. Using blogs, would allow students to get a sense of these mechanisms and transformatory elements. More broadly, this is a course dealing with contemporary issues and the blog would allow students to collaborate in identifying and sharing resources.
In terms of privacy, students could adopt a module persona (as I have done with this google profile). Questions of copyright are much more confusing and something I think I'll have to return to ;)
I think you raise some interesting points here - the module persona idea is a good one, although isn't there a risk that occasionally pseudo-anonymity will be misused by those who wish to make comments withuot having to back them up.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
ReplyDeleteIt terms of 'identity play' there is more leeway, but for moderation issues, etc. there lots more things to think through