2. Welcome
• Intro to Curriculum Innovation (video, 3 mins)
• The module materials and wiki are available
here
• The module hashtag is #UOSM2012
3. Rationale
• “Traditionally academics view the world through the
eyepiece of a single discipline. But the real world is not
like that, it is by its very nature interdisciplinary and
can only be deeply understood when viewed from
multiple perspectives. ” Mark
Cranshaw, Understanding Modern China
• University policy is directing us towards
multidisciplinary research that:
1) feeds directly into teaching and
2) encourages student participation at all levels
6. Module features
• Taught by 5 tutors from 3 Faculties (Hums, B&L, FPAS)
• Introductory lecture by all tutors based around the hit
film “catfish” then one week each
• Students work in groups to produce sample exam
answers with tutor feedback (exam represents 60% of
module marks)
• Video production class in specialist lab facility
@Avenue Campus on 14th March
• Students in mixed disciplinary groups develop a video
portfolio on a “big question” supported with an
individual reflective account (40% of module marks)
7. Learning Outcomes
• Discuss online social networks in a holistic
manner, including the
technological, social, network science, web
science and organisational dimensions.
• Evaluate key technological and social
mechanisms of online social networking and
network structures
• Analyse the impact of online social networks
on life, society and business.
16. Social networks and employability
• Stand out from the crowd:
– Connect (LinkedIn, FB, Twitter)
– Collaborate (Skype, Dropbox, Google Drive)
– Create
(Wordpress, Soundcloud, Pinterest, YouTube/Vime
o)
– Curate (ScoopIt, Delicious, Slideshare)
17. Rationale
• Maintaining a personal brand through online and
offline networking is becoming a critical aspect of
career or business development
• It is essential that the information displayed online is
going to encourage rather than discourage potential
customers, collaborators etc.
• This session reviews our ongoing work at
Southampton into the impact of social networking
upon profile building and employability
@lisaharris #CIMbrandyou
18. Assessment
Type of assessment
(e.g coursework
,exam, presentation etc.)
Word length of
coursework
Percentage of the
overall assessment
Group coursework/video
and personal report
video: 10-12 minutes
max.
report: 500 words max.
40%
Exam
One hour
60%
19. Assessment
• Aim: to discuss a “big question” related to online
social networks as a group in a short video, as well as
write a short personal report reflecting on the group
work.
• The videos will be shown on 16/5 in an “Online Social
Networks Oscars” film festival, where they will be
evaluated by a panel, who will also ask questions to
each group about the video.
• The groups will be created in week 3 (14/2)
@lisaharris #CIMbrandyou
20. Assessment
• Select one question:
– Should employees be allowed to use social media in the
workplace?
– Is Facebook evil?
– Is privacy dead?
– Has social media revolutionised revolution?
– Who cares that you are six steps removed from Barack
Obama?
– Does marketing via social media always backfire?
– Do social media facilitate heterophily?
– Did KONY2012 work?
– Is online social networking changing the way we think?
– Do MOOCs spell the end of traditional education?
21. Assessment
• Before the Easter break you will have discussed the
selected question in your group and prepared a
script or battleplan for the video.
• In week 7 (14/3) you will receive an introduction to
filming and editing (by members of SusuTV) using the
University’s editing suite.
• We suggest you to start producing the video after the
Easter break. The labs in weeks 8 to 10 are a followup on your group progress with this assignment. The
lab in week 8 will focus on checking the structure
and argumentation of your video, in week 10 we will
revise the technical details of your video production.
22. Useful Links
• Curriculum Innovation website
• Centre for Innovation and Technologies in
Education (CITE)
• Student Digital Champions
• Digital Economy USRG
• Curriculum Innovation post on DE blog