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Students, don’t defriend your facebook account just yet
Facebook Users, Research Need Further Study 
The link above will take you to an article in the Wall Street Journal that gives hope to students who considered dumping facebook after a recent study reported a relationship between social networking and lower grades.
(delicious tags: higher_education Facebook socialnetworking K-12)
Can the NCAA make a student take down a facebook group?
Can the NCAA make a student take down a facebook group?
College students have started making facebook groups to encourage star high school athletes to attend their university. The NCAA considers these students as boosters and is asking athletic departments to have the pages taken down. Not so fast NCAA…
(delicious tags: higher_education Facebook socialnetworking NCAA)
Learning with Facebook
This article reports on a study where students in a face-to-face course were given options of using facebook or WebCT to discuss course topics. The results show that the facebook group had a higher number of student posts that the discussion forums in WebCT. The researchers encourage others to consider social networking applications as a way to supplement instruction in face-to-face courses.
(delicious tags: Blackboard Facebook LMS higher_education)
Facebook grows older
Facebook’s demographics are changing as older people begin using it to connect with family and friends.
An LMS for facebook?
Class is in Session: Teach The People Opens To The Public – washingtonpost.com
Here’s a link to an article about a facebook application which allows users to create Blackboard-like courses within facebook. I haven’t looked at it yet so I’m not sure about the features.
Once again, we need to ask whether facebook users want to share their social networking space with educational applications. Do poeple really want to have a learning management system available in facebook?
Blackboard meets Facebook
Presentation given at Northwest eLearning Community Conference
Social networkers can now check in on their Blackboard courses from their Facebook profiles. Is this a good thing? What are the advantages and disadvantages for students and teachers? This presentation will demonstrate how Blackboard interfaces with Facebook, and share the results of a survey given to students and faculty who installed the Blackboard Application into their Facebook profile.
Applying to a college? Your facebook page may be a problem
College Applicants, Beware: Your Facebook Page Is Showing (web link)
Some colleges are reviewing facebook pages as part of their process to evaluate potentional students. Students need to be careful what they include on their facebook pages.
About
David Wicks
Educational Technology
I have been active in the instructional technology world for over 20 years. My previous positions include: high school teacher, university lecturer, school district technology facilitator, multimedia author, and project manager for an educational technology company. My current position is Director of Instructional Technology at Seattle Pacific University. As Director, I regularly consults with faculty on effective uses of technology. I have been involved in the development of numerous online and blended courses. In addition, I have taught face-to-face, blended, and online courses in the School of Education for over ten years.
Recent projects include: developing a Web 2.0 electronic portfolio system based on WordPress, creating a feature-comparison matrix for lecture capture solutions, and leading SPU’s iTunes U project. I am an Associate Editor for MERLOT’s Teacher Education Editorial Board. I served as program chair for the 2013 International Symposium for Emerging Technologies in Online Learning, and will be the conference chair for the 2014 conference. Currently, I facilitate faculty learning communities on topics such as learning spaces, active learning, blended learning, and mobile learning.
