Atelier-D

Course Delivery Innovations (CDI) 1 ~ Year One

CDI 1 ~ Social networking of design learners
Led by Nicole Schadewitz with support from Theo Zamenopoulos

Facebook was used to explore how social networking tools enhance learning.  It was found that Facebook supports course and artifact-centred discourse in design. For a more detailed summary of this CDI please see the Atelier-D Website CDI 1.  

W3C Workshop on the Future of Social Networking

In January W3C came together to discuss the future of social networking. 72 position papers were presented and most of them are rather "technical" or "organizational" in nature. However, I think its worth looking over them just to know what the newest trends and developments are.
http://www.w3.org/2008/09/msnws/papers/

For instance, many mention the Open ID which enables one to sign into many SNS with one ID, or the social graph:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_graph_concepts_and_issues.php

Social Networking for Practice Learning

This is an interesting OU project. It contains a growing number of how-to videos and user reflections on social networking tools and activities.

Welcome to the Social Networking for Practice Learning (SNPL) wiki!

Presentation by Phil Greaney on Social Networking

Social Networking

View more presentations or upload your own. (tags: education social_networking)

CDI 4: Social network of design learners

This CDI is coordinated by Nicole Schadewitz. The following is an extract from the original research bid describing the main objectives:

'In an atelier model of learning, novices learn alongside more experienced peers. An open atmosphere for social networking and collaboration is created and in design this is very visual. Overseeing the activities of peers increases curiosity and is of the first incentive to stop by and ask ‘what are you doing?’ Social networking applications also support this question. In online applications such as Facebook or Twitter users frequently change their statement about what they are doing. This allows friends and peers to get a sense of co­-presence and co­-activity. It creates an opportunity for further interaction due to overlaps in place, time and activity. This CDI seeks to investigate how new social networking technologies can support access to peer expertise.'