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:
