Is the village common in a cloud?

Cooperative education and social networking

Diana AylingUnitec

Could social networking enhance students, staff and hosts experiences

in cooperative education?

Problems with managing cooperative education courses?

The Global Village and the World Wide Web

What do we do in the global village?

• Communicate• Represent ourselves• View/find information• Create/customise profiles• Author/load content• Add/share content• Post messages• Collaborate

Web 2.0 = Virtual Backpack

• Flexible • Personalised• Available• Accessible• Communities of

Practice

http://www.wordle.net/.

Moving to an online community of practice hosted by a social

networking service.

• Confidence• Independence• Collaboration

What is needed?

• Skills• Preparation• Platform• Rich content• Participation• Ideas• Experiences• Reflections• Reponsiveness

Does social networking enhance student learning in cooperative

education?