One of the blogs I am following talks about students' reactions to tutors using social software... Not all welcome it and some tutors talk of a 'creepy tree house' effect. The blog post has a number of responses (mostly from US tutors) about their positions and their students' reactions. As I only teach mature students on Master's courses, I wonder if the term applies...
It's not a PhD related idea, but who knows, it might becomes useful... It is still about using social media in teaching. Another idea during my long train journey back home last night: to incorporate Flickr in the Visual Comm module. I'll set up a group in Flickr, upload some pics for students to annotate and analyse in a Flickr discussion; students could also/preferably upload similar images for the group. Would be good for 'semiotics' task. I would need to do a quick Jing demo, to show students what I have in mind. In turn, that Jing demo could be used as discussion point (video demos would certainly interest the tech comm students).
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