Today I presented a paper at a conference (on behalf of myself and Jae).
If you're interested, here are the slides. They only tell part of the story (are meant to have someone talking over them), but I think there's something to be gleaned from them in isolation.
If nothing else ... proof that your faculty do research? 😜
A few of you posted on the discussion board in Canvas, but many others of you blogged about international perspectives on social media.
Here's a collection of posts (apologies if I missed any):
Candace on Higher Education African Institutions
Jen looks at WeChat and Line
Web2.0 Learning Lab tells us about The Democratic Republic of Congo
Gradlab posted on the discussion board about social media in Pakistan, but their blog also has posts on Pakistani animal rescue and mango production
Pink talks about Facebook and learning in Vietnam and Zalo (another platform in Vietnam)
MakingMeaning has a thoughtful post about how Europe approaches digital citizenship.
Blessed reminds us that social media can be a powerful force for progress internationally.
Idam looks at what's happening in Bangladesh. She also reflected on her international day.
NetworkedNeuro has a 3-part series about global use.
Jae and I both attended and presentated at the social media conference last week. It was fabulous being around so many social media researchers. The topics covered in the sessions were broad — a bit of everything.
Here are some images of conference posters that I thought might interest all of you. Nothing fancy as I post, just a photo dump. See anything that interests you?
It's World Emoji Day (July 17). 😃
What emoji do you use most frequently?
Do emoji make you 🤣 or �
Do you already know what they all mean, or do you have to look them up in emojipedia?
Do you use emoji like the rest of your generation?
As this study suggests, do you find me less competent as an instructor because I occasionally use emoji in class communications?
Barry Wellman, co-author of Networked, passed away this week.
He had a long career as a sociologist who pioneered many ways that we study and theorize about networks today.
I was fortunate to meet him at conferences, and to have him as a guest speaker (over Skype/Zoom) for the EME6414 class a few times. He was not only insightful, but also kind and generous when interacting with scholars of all levels.
Here are some videos you might check out:
Dear Padlet,
I hope this is not to forward of me, but: I love you.
I did not expect to love you. It was not love at first sight. Not even close. When I first met you, I was introduced by a few enthusiasts over the course of a year. You reminded me of the stickies feature on my computer, which I used at the time, but I didn’t feel a strong need for yet another tool just to facilitate public sticky notes. I was okay with just defaulting back to fairly linear/hierarchical discussion board posts for sharing. And I really love comments and threading, which wasn’t really your thing at all.
And then you grew, and I grew and here we are.
I dabbled here and there, but when the pandemic came around I spent more time playing with a variety of tools and there was a spark. I got some ideas. I kept putting you to the test in different contexts, and as long as I could beckon others to contribute, things were great.
Shall I share some of what I love? Some of what you have helped me accomplish?
I love the ability to organize content. To share content. And to have other people share and comment on content.
Take a look at this! It’s the “base” Padlet I created for a class! I used a shelf format, with a week by week layout. Each week I was able to link in resources that we would use in class and interaction spaces for class activities and homework (including other Padlets). I controlled the base Padlet structure, but set it so students could add resources to a given week as well. Everyone could comment and like, too. The sub-Padlets, set up for activities, could be set up in a variety of formats and ways. I remember doing a timeline activity, for example. Oh, and if I planned something for one week and we didn’t get to it? I could just cascade it to the next week’s shelf with a simple click and drag.
I also love the ability to share so many different media types and sources in one spot, along with a title and annotated commentary. Text! Images! Videos! Web sites, including other interactive tools — anything with a URL works! Even VoiceThreads! I mean, you can even embed from Spotify or record quick videos on your webcam.
The More-than-a-sticky-note Padlet Challenge
Have you always wanted to try Padlet? Or have you used it for sticky notes but not much more? Here's your excuse to play with it!
What to do:
1. Make a Padlet. FSU has Padlet so you can use that account at http://fsu.padlet.org
Info on how to log in: https://support.canvas.fsu.edu/kb/article/1645-padlet-overview
Choose whatever content you like. Ideas and inspiration can be found here: https://padlet.blog/
2. Make a second Padlet with the same content, but using a different format. You don't have to remake it from scratch, but instead you can use the remake function to copy the Padlet and then change the format.
I made my content as a timeline and a map (I spent maybe 20 minutes making them):
3. Post your Padlets on the sharing Padlet: https://fsu.padlet.org/vdennen2/the-eme6414-padlet-challenge-sharing-padlet-s24-1xmtlbzrrdcylqzz
I've posted both of mine there as an example to get us started. Feel free to check out each other's padlets and leave feedback/comments.
And yes, a badge ....
