Comments on: ACPA/NASPA Joint Meeting: Facebook & Student Involvement http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/04/05/acpanaspa-joint-meeting-facebook-student-involvement/ Where student affairs and technology meet Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/04/05/acpanaspa-joint-meeting-facebook-student-involvement/comment-page-1/#comment-43261 Anonymous Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:20:52 +0000 http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/04/05/acpanaspa-joint-meeting-facebook-student-involvement/#comment-43261 The challenge with face book is that the majority of an institutions population does not have a facebook account. The notion that everyone has a facebook account has not been determined. The challenge with face book is that the majority of an institutions population does not have a facebook account. The notion that everyone has a facebook account has not been determined.

]]> By: Kevin Prentiss http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/04/05/acpanaspa-joint-meeting-facebook-student-involvement/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Kevin Prentiss Thu, 05 Apr 2007 21:35:39 +0000 http://mistakengoal.com/blog/2007/04/05/acpanaspa-joint-meeting-facebook-student-involvement/#comment-1634 Thanks so much for this! The research on Facebook vs. Portals is exciting for us at Swift Kick. (We're about to announce a tool to allow universities to blend their values and interactions with Facebook, et. al. for a better orientation.) This very much goes back to the "meeting them where they are at." Students socialize and group around things they think are interesting. If school is interesting, they will use their tool to group around that. From my experience, the "stay out of our space" feeling that has been attributed to college students is overstated. I think relating with professors outside of the classroom is a huge rapport builder and increases engagement (this was covered in the recent <a href="http://nsse.iub.edu/NSSE_2006_Annual_Report/index.cfm" rel="nofollow">NSSE</a> report. Facebook is just the current way to do it. It's ethically tricky for professionals, no doubt. They will see things they don't want to see, and that is new. Previously the professor did not have to see the student's pictorial history or their weekend debauchery when trying to make friends. I think this could be great for the students. Isn't it possible this will be another "gateway" for students in their development, moving up the day they make a professional digital identity and learn decent privacy settings? Thanks so much for this! The research on Facebook vs. Portals is exciting for us at Swift Kick. (We’re about to announce a tool to allow universities to blend their values and interactions with Facebook, et. al. for a better orientation.)

This very much goes back to the “meeting them where they are at.”

Students socialize and group around things they think are interesting.

If school is interesting, they will use their tool to group around that.

From my experience, the “stay out of our space” feeling that has been attributed to college students is overstated. I think relating with professors outside of the classroom is a huge rapport builder and increases engagement (this was covered in the recent NSSE report.

Facebook is just the current way to do it.

It’s ethically tricky for professionals, no doubt. They will see things they don’t want to see, and that is new. Previously the professor did not have to see the student’s pictorial history or their weekend debauchery when trying to make friends.

I think this could be great for the students. Isn’t it possible this will be another “gateway” for students in their development, moving up the day they make a professional digital identity and learn decent privacy settings?

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