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caseyi

Harvard, MIT partner to offer free online courses - 1 views

www.latimes.com/...nline-20120503,0,4584045.story

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shared by caseyi on 03 May 12 - No Cached
  • caseyi on 03 May 12
     
    In a move that heightened competition in online education and brought more prestige to the still-fledgling field, Harvard University and MIT announced a partnership Wednesday to offer the public mainly free Internet classes.
  • caseyi on 03 May 12
     
    Heard about this on NPR today, M.I.T. and Harvard are actually starting a non-profit and have already dumped $60 million into a project they call edX, intended to "improve, not replace, the campus experience." Should turn out to be an honorable donation to the global learning community. This is an interesting move towards providing free access to quality educational information. -Another article containing a press release: Engadget Article
Jonathan Lederman

Why Can't We Be Friends? Social Media Boundaries Between Teachers and Students | NEA Today - 2 views

neatoday.org/...-between-teachers-and-students

shared by Jonathan Lederman on 05 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • The key is finding a way to take advantage of the learning opportunities social media provides while striking the proper balance between protecting kids and preserving professional boundaries and First Amendment rights.
  • “teachers should not post things that are private and confidential about a student.”
    • John Fenn
      John Fenn on 05 Apr 12
       
      common sense? legal/ethical boundaries?
    • Jonathan Lederman
      Jonathan Lederman on 26 Apr 12
       
      may not be common sense if an individual doesn't realize their message is public. For example, if I think i'm sending a private message on Facebook to an individual who legally/ethically should be the recipient, and it ends up on their public wall, that may be a misunderstanding of how Facebook works. The message composer understands that the message is supposed to be private (whether it be by common sense or professional training), but doesn't understand how the communicative transmission works ... 
  • Kids don’t need to see my backyard, or know what I say to my wife over dinner. When I have fun with friends and family, that’s a different me, and it’s important that I make that distinction,” he explains. “Being a professional means that I project the values of my profession and my employer when communicating with students.”
    • Jonathan Lederman
      Jonathan Lederman on 26 Apr 12
       
      everyone uses social differently. some individuals may not post this type of information. others may post it and don't mind who reads it. others could feel that their facebook profile has a specific type of information on it that should only be available to certain people.  Even if this individual is a professional that projects the values of the profession and employer when communicating with students, that doesn't mean that the individual cannot post such communications on a (semi)public forum like a Facebook page. 
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  • weigh the safety and educational benefits of social media.
    • John Fenn
      John Fenn on 05 Apr 12
       
      multiple kinds of "boundary considerations" here....
  • Teachers should have separate sites – one for work and one for personal use and the two should never cross paths.”
  • John Fenn on 05 Apr 12
     
    "Around the country, school districts are grappling over guidelines that would govern how - and whether - educators should use social media."
  • Jonathan Lederman on 26 Apr 12
     
    "Around the country, school districts are grappling over guidelines that would govern how - and whether - educators should use social media."
Mary Morgan

OK GO's "Needing Getting" video - 1 views

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shared by Mary Morgan on 12 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Mary Morgan on 12 Apr 12
     
    I am posting this as an example of the blurring boundary between what is advertisement or product placement and entertainment. This was sponsored by the car company.
  • Tara Wibrew on 13 Apr 12
     
    I have so many things to say about OK Go--they are absolutely exemplary of a lot of the things we're talking about, especially considering their history with ditching their record label early-on, their success as YouTube sensations (you know, the treadmill video--yeah, THOSE GUYS--for "Here It Goes Again"), and generally making their way by creating/promoting/identifying as an independent brand. Interesting to note along with Chevy's sponsoring of the car? Gretsch donated all of the amps and guitars (288 guitars in all), 11 of which were preserved in their dusty condition to be sold for charity. Proceeds benefit the Fender Music Foundation, a group focused in music education for children and adults. More info here: http://www.gretschguitars.com/blog/product-plugs/own-one-of-11-guitars-used-in-ok-gos-needingwanting-video/ If you're interested in more about how the instrument-playing mechanisms in the car worked, check out some of the graphics available from this article in Car and Driver: http://www.caranddriver.com/features/car-commercialism-the-making-of-ok-gos-needing-getting-music-video
John Fenn

Sherry Turkle - the flight from conversation… a response » Dave's Educational... - 2 views

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shared by John Fenn on 23 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • John Fenn on 23 Apr 12
     
    A response to Sherry Turkle piece posted by Tara (from the NYT)...
John Fenn

Social Media Boundaries | Spin Sucks - 4 views

spinsucks.com/...social-media-boundaries

media social boundaries social media day1

shared by John Fenn on 29 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • But it’s less to promote the company and more to engage with people I don’t know in a place that feels safe to me.
  • I love Twitter and the relationships I’m able to develop using that tool.
    • John Fenn
      John Fenn on 23 Apr 12
       
      In thinking about this post and the boundaries at play, I'm wondering about this: what's the diff between FB and Twitter, esp. in this case? Why talk to anyone via one platform, but a restricted group on another?
    • Jonathan Lederman
      Jonathan Lederman on 24 Apr 12
       
      Some days I don't feel like leaving messages in the (potential) digital panopticon of communication. I write something with a hashtag and I have no idea who reads it. Or who takes a screenshot and saves it forever. We could even try and figure out the data structures, models, and infrastructure Facebook develops for targeting advertising based on gender, age, birthday, education, relationship status and other information collected over the course of your 'timeline'. At any rate, her point is that she uses different virtual social networks based on notions of different physical social networks, because those things are supposed to private and separated online as well, right? Some days I do abide. On those days, I try to be much more mindful of what I write.
  • What are your boundaries? How would you have handled the friend request I mention above?
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  • I also like Facebook for the sheer reason that it creates better relationships with employees, peers, and clients
  • Brant Burkey on 24 Apr 12
     
    In the offline world, we all have different personas for different situations. Say the differences between how we interact or represent ourselves at work, with friends, with lovers, with children, with strangers, etc. Are we simply transposing or correlating these personal differences to online social spaces as if they still equally apply? It seems natural that we would be concerned with privacy, surveillance, or safety, but if it just a matter of establishing certain social boundaries, should they really be defined the same in a digital environment as they are in the offline world? If so, why?
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