On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, David R. Newman wrote:
> It is not a policy issue, it is an educational one.
I'd support this. For me the institution should have a role in education
and developing and implementing new media literacy strategies ....
> A university has no more
> right to censor what someone writes on a web site, than it has to censor our
> e-mails to newspapers.
.. although, of course, if we (staff) say something libellous it may be
that our institutions our sued (perhaps because the institution provided
the electricty :-)
But, I'd agree with David's views on what we should try to do (and what
he's doing).
Brian
> But there is a need to educate staff and students on both the benefits and
> risks of social networking. Unfortunately, most of the publicity has been
> about the risks (e.g. revealing too much about yourself) and little on the
> business networking benefits, and its effects on collaborative work.
>
> My students use Bebo in their practical classes to find out where their
> project group members have got to, and when they are coming back with their
> expert interviews.
>
> But for presenting their projects, I have set up an Elgg site for them, so
> that they have a place to show off their academic work to potential
> employers, not mixed with the banter on their other sites.
>
> E.g. http://ebus.mgt.qub.ac.uk/elgg/ and http://ebus.mgt.qub.ac.uk/
>
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> Dr. David R. Newman, Queen's University Management
> School, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland (UK)
> Tel. +44 28 9097 3643 FAX: +44 28 9097 5156
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> http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/
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