social media in higher ed
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Using interactive technologies and social Media in higher ed
Matt HerzbergerWeb DesignerTexas A&M University College of Engineering
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What is Social Media?
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Begin.
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Where to Start?
Learn from others by searching these sites for “college” and “universities”.
Find where you are comfortable Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Flickr, Blogs. Then start there.
Stake your claim, at least reserve a name for your college.
Get a personal account, test it out.
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Problems.
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Think Positive.
Can’t someone post something that makes us look bad? NO, NO, NO - moderation.
Students are not as dumb as people treat them.They know their info is out there and they are ok with it.
There are problems on the web like cyber bullies, cyber stalking, etc. We don’t create or perpetuate this problem our presence doesn’t add to it or make us look bad.
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Benefits.
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Step three, profits.
You can pursue new marketing touch points where the students are at. You gain access to a bigger audience.
You can syndicate content via RSS.
There is some control over your brand. People are suspect of “corporate voice”, especially young people. Brand very lightly.
There is is a low cost of entry, usually free.
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Future.
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What’s next?
Portable Social Networks Microformats // OpenID // Web services Aggregation // OpenSocial
Mashups XML // Meta data // API
Mobile/ Location Based Social Network Geo location // Smart phones
Tagging Taxonomy // Meta data
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Go for it.
Try new things.
Be adventurous.
Hire a student worker if needed, they are the “target market”.
You will only be as good as the people who contribute.
Have a goal!
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Let me have it.
Questions? Comments? Arguments?
Matt [email protected]: http://mattherzberger.com
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