The Walled Garden approach to Social Networking with Ning
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The document discusses the use of Ning in distance education as a 'walled garden' approach to social networking, contrasting it with traditional online tools like Blackboard. It highlights the prevalence of Facebook usage among students and poses questions about endorsing its use in educational settings. Additionally, it analyzes discussion board interactions to assess knowledge construction through different online environments.
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The Walled Garden approach to Social Networking with Ning
- 1. The “Walled Garden” approach to Social Networking: Utilizing Ning in distance education. Bethany V. Smith & Lori B. Holcomb College of Education, NC State University
- 2. boyd & Eliison (2007) define social networking as: web based services that allow individuals to
- 3. (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system
- 4. (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection
- 5. (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site
- 6. 42,089,200
- 7. 18-24 40%
- 8. 25-34 26%
- 9. Student Use
- 10. Ellison et al (2007) surveyed 286 students, 94% were users of Facebook.
- 11. Communication Use Class work Lectures Exams Vent concerns Gain clarification on assignment (Selwyn, 2007)
- 12. Even though they had Blackboard
- 13. But do we, as pre-service educators want to endorse Facebook usage?
- 14. Ning: The Walled Garden Approach
- 15. The “walled garden” is a term coined by former TeleCommunications, Inc. founder, John Malone to describe a closed network that limits subscribers’ choices to a restricted range of content (Van Tassel, 2006)
- 16. Ning
- 18. * Nomenclature may be changed within each respective Ning network Ning Facebook Comment Wall The Wall Blog Post Status Update Latest Activity News Feed Photos Photos “ My Page” Profile Page Friends* Friends Blog Post Notes
- 19. Does a student-centered online tool, such as Ning, foster knowledge construction through discussion boards more than a class-focused online tool, such as a traditional CMS?
- 21. Discussion Board
- 23. Interaction Analysis Model Gunawardena, C. N., Lowe, C., & Anderson, T. (1997)
- 24. Phase I Sharing and comparing of information
- 25. Phase II Discovery and exploration of dissonance or inconsistency among participants
- 26. Phase III Negotiation of meaning or knowledge co-construction:
- 27. Phase IV Testing and modification
- 28. Phase V Phrasing of agreement and applications of newly constructed meaning
- 30. Lack of diversity common
- 32. Week 8
- 33. Phase Number of Postings Percentage Phase I 4 28% Phase II 7 50% Phase III 2 14% Phase IV 2 7% Phase V 1 0.06%
- 34. Started by a Student
- 37. Creating a Walled Garden
- 38. Shift of current discussion board expectations
- 39. Tool acquisition
- 40. Bethany Smith [email_address] [email_address]