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Science of the Invisible: Leveraging FriendFeed for Science Education

  • George Roberts · 2 months ago
    Very nice model. This is something like what we should be doing on the PG Cert for teachers in HE. Wonder what tools there will be in 10 months' time?
  • AJCann · 2 months ago
    "Very nice model. This is something like what we should be doing on the PG Cert for teachers in HE. Wonder what tools there will be in 10 months' time?"

    Good question. There is certainly going to be change in the next year. At least with a model we can look for systems which seem to have appropriate attributes to suit it. However, the differences between sites are so subtle that this won't substitute for having had experience the the service I plan to use. I just hope Friendfeed lives on in some form.
  • Chris Jobling · 2 months ago
    Alan

    Like you, I'd been using FaceFeed as a place to aggregate my stuff. I subscribe to a few people, but mostly it's my lifestream (backed up by Tumblr). You two recent posts have inspired me to think again so thanks for that!

    I really like your analogy and "Facebook for Engineers" (as it would be for my students in my case) is a great slogan!

    BTW do you have any experience of using Facebook itself with your students?
  • AJCann · 2 months ago
    "FriendFeed is like Facebook for xxx" is an Open Access slogan, licensed CC BY ;-)

    We've always stayed away from interacting with current students on Facebook, mostly so as to leave them a social space where they don't feel like they're being stalked.
  • Chris Jobling · 2 months ago
    I have the same feelings ... but wonder if there's a middle ground where the two worlds could meet at the boarder between Facebook and the university. Most "official" University groups, and ours is no exception, seem to be more for recruitment and marketing than student engagement.

    I've just created a social network in Ning for one of my courses and I get the feeling that it's not the first point of call. The students sign in, visit a couple of times and never visit again. If some information leaked into Facebook, perhaps they'd visit a bit more often.

    Had you had your "road to Damascus" moment last May, I might have tried FriendFeed instead!
  • AJCann · 2 months ago
    Yes, I'm not a great fan of Ning for precisely that reason: http://tinyurl.com/yf3ytpe

    I wish I had had my "road to Damascus" moment four weeks ago!
  • Chris Jobling · 2 months ago
    I have the same feelings ... but wonder if there's a middle ground where the
    two worlds could meet at the boarder between Facebook and the university.
    Most "official" University groups, and ours is no exception, seem to be more
    for recruitment and marketing than student engagement.

    I've just created a social network in Ning for one of my courses and I get
    the feeling that it's not the first point of call. The students sign in,
    visit a couple of times and never visit again. If some information leaked
    into Facebook, perhaps they'd visit a bit more often.

    Had you had your "road to Damascus" moment last May, I might have tried
    FriendFeed instead!

    Chris

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