19. Adult Studies Program ~ required beginning-of-semester survey ~ Fall ’07 – all but 1 no experience blogging; Fall ’08 – only 1
20. Adult Studies Program ~ required end-of-semester survey ~ Very comfortable at end of semester!
21. Graduate Students ~ required pre & post-semester surveys ~ With blogging, comfort levels continue to grow, both at the beginning & end of the semester. Web 1.0 Web 2.0
24. Graduate Students … few students were familiar with Web 2.0 tools such as RSS feeds or social bookmarking sites…. [Yet] students mentioned in the pre-assessment survey, learning about these types of tools was beneficial. (Rempel, Davidson, 2008)
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26. Jimmy Wales Founded 1/01 more history Want to know about the knighting of Francis Drake ? Seigenthaler controversy Is Wikipedia the New Town Hall? "Wikipedia is surprisingly good proof that collaborative work by amateurs can provide balanced and reliable information, and even become a vigorous site of public debate and negotiation.” ~ Patricia Aufderheide, American University, Communications professor Current poll on Edutopia
38. Pre-semester survey Keep in mind that this course is an elective, so all ten of these graduate students already have an expressed an interest in technology. Their responses reflect more experience than is typical for other graduate students in our programs. Note :
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40. http://news.cnet. Social Networking Sites Continue to Attract Record Numbers [more than half of visitors are now age 35 or older] Social Networking Data courtesy of: 5/08 Started ‘03 Public ‘06
58. In conclusion… Dr. Carrie Thornthwaite Lipscomb University One University Park Dr. Nashville, TN 37204 office: 615-966-5829 Further questions? [email_address]