Teaching in the Age of Facebook

CAROLYN HANK ALISE 2013, SEATTLE, WA

JANUARY 23, 2013

TEACHING in the age of Facebook

& other social media LIS faculty & students friend’ing & poking in the social sphere

WHO WHY HOW WHAT interviews

2012 ALISE Research Grant Competition  

Carolyn  Hank  PI  (UTK)  

Cassidy  Sugimoto  Co-­‐PI  (IUB)  

Jeff  Pomerantz  Co-­‐PI  (UNC)  

Carolyn  Hank  PI  (UTK)  

Cassidy  Sugimoto  Co-­‐PI  (IUB)  

Jeff  Pomerantz  Co-­‐PI  (UNC)  

Fred  Stutzman,  

Advisor  (UNC)  

Carolyn  Hank  PI  (UTK)  

Cassidy  Sugimoto  Co-­‐PI  (IUB)  

Jeff  Pomerantz  Co-­‐PI  (UNC)  

Fred  Stutzman,  

Advisor  (UNC)  

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1 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Describe LIS faculty and student interactions via Facebook

2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Inform social network and communication policy decision-making at LIS programs

3 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Inform future approaches and methods for other academic units, regardless of discipline, to investigate connections between pedagogy and social network tools, including Facebook

HOW? Develop   and   pilot   test   an  approach  to  studying  …

…  LIS  faculty,  students’  and  administrators’  percepMons,  experiences,  pracMces,  and  

decision-­‐making  for  managing  communicaMons  with  one  another,  

if  at  all,  via  Facebook;

…  their  expectaMons  for  such  communicaMons,  including  issues  related  to  disclosure  and  privacy;

…  and  the  impact  of  classroom  and  insMtuMonal  policies,  if  any,  

on  such  interacMons.  

RESEARCH DESIGN

MCGILL  

IUB  

UNC  SETTINGS  

FOCUS GROUPS INTERVIEWS

RESEARCH DESIGN

FACULTY  

STUDENTS  

-­‐ UG  

-­‐ MLIS  

-­‐ PhD  

1:1 INTERVIEWS

FOCUS GROUPS

WEB-BASED SURVEYS

POLICY ANALYSIS

ASSOC.  DEANS/  

DIRECTOR  

SYLLABI  

SOCIAL  MEDIA  

INST’L  POLICIES  

-­‐ SCHOOL  -­‐ FACULTY  

-­‐ UNIVERISTY  

Q1:  FACULTY  

Q2:  STUDENTS  

FOCUS GROUPS INTERVIEWS

RESEARCH DESIGN

1:1 INTERVIEWS

FOCUS GROUPS

WEB-BASED SURVEYS

POLICY ANALYSIS

ONGOING   MARCH  ‘13  APP.  17    HOURS  

FOCUS GROUPS INTERVIEWS

RESEARCH DESIGN

FOCUS GROUPS

4  PhD  FGs  

1  FAC  FG  

3  MS  FGs  

1:1 INTERVIEWS

3  ADMIN  8  FAC  1  PhD  1  UG  

PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL

CASUAL

“CONTEXT COLLAPSE”

GENERAL USE QUESTION 1

FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)

QUESTION 2

FACULTY & STUDENTS’ FRIENDS (?)

FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)

QUESTION 2

APPROXIMATIONS INITIATIONS

ACCEPTANCE AND/OR ANGST

PERSONAL CODES OF CONDUCT

UG | MS | PHD | FACULTY

FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)

QUESTION 2

FACULTY & STUDENTS FRIENDLY

UG | MS | PHD | FACULTY

FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)

QUESTION 2

consider …DUAL RELATIONSHIPS TEACHER MENTOR

SUPERVISOR EMPLOYER

COLLABORATOR COLLEAGUE

FRIEND

“… a professional tries to simultaneously fill two or more different roles.” Rupert  &  Holmes,  1997,  p.  661  

FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)

QUESTION 2

consider … EVOLVING RELATIONSHIPS

MS STUDENT PHD STUDENT PHD ADJUNCT

JUNIOR FACULTY TENURED FACULTY

ADMINISTRATOR

YIKES! The  “Grocery”  Store  Encounter  

EXPECTATIONS & POLICIES

QUESTION 3

HONOR CODES/

CODES OF CONDUCT

SNS POLICIES (Metzger et al. (2010)

EXPECTATIONS & POLICIES

QUESTION 3

GUIDANCE & ADVICE

HONOR CODES/ CODES OF CONDUCT

EXPECTATIONS & POLICIES

QUESTION 3

Facebook ✖  ✔   LinkedIn

FINAL REPORT SUMMER 2013

COMING SOON …

Hampton et al. (2011). Social networking sites and our lives. Washington, DC: Pew Internet & American Life Project. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/ Technology-and-social-networks.aspx

Metzger, A.H., Finley, K.N., Ulbrich, T.R., & McAuley, J.W. (2010). Pharmacy faculty members’ perspectives on the student/faculty relationship in online social networks. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(10), 1-5

Moran, M., Seaman, J., & Tinti-Kane, H. (2011). Teaching, learning, and sharing: How today’s higher education faculty use social media. Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions. Retrieved from http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/educators /pearson-social-media-survey-2011-bw.pdf

Rupert, P.A., & Holmes, D.L. (1997). Dual relationships in higher education: Professional and institutional guidelines. Journal of Higher Education, 68(6), 660-678.

SOURCES

THANK YOU …

CAROLYN  HANK  Email:  chank@utk.edu  Phone:  865-­‐242-­‐7170  SlideShare:  hkp://www.slideshare.net/carolynhank/alise2013  Slideshow:    

QUESTIONS?

THANKS TO …  

ALISE  2012  RESEARCH  GRANT