faculty and social media – some resources

posted by derek bruff on monday, october 25, 2010 in news.

in advance of today’s conversation on teaching, “crafting a professional digital identity: faculty and social media,” here are a few resources on the topic, including those shared by panelists lacy tite and melanie moran (university web communications) and derek bruff (cft).

vu social media handbook – a guide for vanderbilt faculty and staff on using social media from public affairs’ web communications team. see also the medical center’s version.
facebook privacy guide – here’s what facebook has to say about its own privacy options
managerial econ – a blog by owen faculty luke froeb and brian mccann that supports the textbook they’ve written, managerial economics
instapundit – a blog by university of tennessee law professor glenn reynolds, mentioned by melanie during her presentation
trust agents – the book about how influence and the web interact by chris brogan and julien smith, mentioned by melanie during her presentation
network solutions and go daddy – two services for buying your own domain name (like melaniemoran.com or derekbruff.com) recommended by lacy
cryptography fyws – the facebook page cft assistant director derek bruff uses to let his students “follow” his first-year writing seminar on facebook
student motivation and class participation: lessons from “cognitive surplus” – a blog post by derek bruff in which he shares some teaching ideas and a colleague at another university offers some feedback
using twitter to learn about teaching – a cft blog post with some advice on learning from others about teaching using the social network / microblogging service twitter
faculty ethics on facebook – a facebook discussion group featuring 12 proposed ethical standards for faculty interacting with students on facebook
over it yet? privacy, that is – an essay by michael bugeja of iowa state university on inside higher ed about the importance of teaching students about how social networks use their private data