User:Leighblackall/Socially constructed media and communications

This was originally a presentation to an Ascilite Roundtable event on 18 June 2008. I was invited to address the event with a response to the following question:


 * The use of easily accessible and, in many cases, free social software tools such as MSN, Skype, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Second Life and a wide range of blogs and wikis, has become almost ubiquitous among the so-called ‘Net Generation’. In the context of a growing emphasis on eLearning, most commonly facilitated by enterprise-scale Learning Management System and a range of institutionally managed and supported communication and collaboration software tools, and in an environment of increasing emphasis on intellectual property rights management and quality assurance, how do universities (and other educational institutions) respond to the use of free, open-access tools in common use by their students? What are the potential educational uses of such tools? What are the current practices of use of these tools within educational institutions? What are the issues, risks and hidden costs? What are the advantages and benefits?


 * Read the paper
 * Slides and video TBA

2014

 * November
 * Slight clean up of references in response to Lindsay Carey's request to see a bibliography for the overall PhD
 * Relocating dead links, moving response text to Google Drive and changing the Wikiversity page to developmental notes.

2010
Copied written response from Wikieducator to Wikiversity, to be included in the ONPhD. Intend to update it and clean it up into a formal paper

2008
Presented to 30 participants of the Ascilite Round Table event. No comments, feedback or clear reaction.
 * April