An Education in Facebook? <div>Higher Education and the World’s Largest Social Network<div class="gmail_quote">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Editors: Dr
Mike Kent, Dr Tama Leaver and Dr Clare Lloyd, Internet Studies, Curtin
University</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Abstract Submission
Deadline 18 January 2013</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Full Chapters
Due 31 May 2013</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">We are soliciting chapter
proposals for an edited collection entitled <i>An
Education in Facebook?</i> This edited collection will focus on the
relationship between Facebook and Higher Education. Facebook first emerged in
2004 as a social network for students studying at universities in the United
States. It soon grew beyond North America, and beyond the confines of student
networking. Having evolved initially as a student social space the platform continues
to play a prominent role in the lives of many students and staff at higher
education institutions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The collection will explore the use of Facebook the higher
education environment as both a social space, and also its growing use as part
of teaching and learning processes, both formally and informally. From students
creating informal social groups around a
course of study or particular unit, and dedicated online study groups, to the
use of Facebook as a formal venue for
teaching, we are seeking chapters that explore these and related areas. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there an appropriate place for Facebook in formal higher
education? What are the tensions between private and professional spaces online
for students and teachers and what are the potential dangers of unintentional
overlap? What are appropriate roles and responsibilities for staff, students
and institutions in relation to the social network? What are the dangers of
moving important aspects of the higher education learning environment to an
external company that exploits social interaction for profit? How is the shift
to online learning in many institutions complemented or challenged by mobile
uses of social networks, including app use on smartphones and tablets? This book will explore these and other topics interrogating
the contemporary role of Facebook in Higher Education.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Some suggested topics (which are by no means exhaustive):</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Facebook and/as/or Learning Management Systems?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Facebook as support network (for online and
overseas learners, for example)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Teacher-led Facebook uses as in/formal learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Student-led Facebook uses as in/formal learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Case studies of Facebook implementation in
formal learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Informal versus formal learning online</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Social networks and the flipped classroom</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Context collapse</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Privacy issues in social network use</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Copyright issues in social network use</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Mobile learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>The Facebook App in education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Roles and boundaries in networked learning</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Facebook as a backchannel (either positive or
disruptive)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>The politics of ‘friending’ in staff and student
relations</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Examples of innovative Facebook integration in
higher education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Whether Facebook has a place in formal education</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>MOOCs and Facebook</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">
</span></span><span>Comparative uses of Facebook and other online
networks (eg Twitter)</span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submission procedure:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Potential authors are invited to submit chapter abstract of
no more than 500 words, including a title, 4 to 6 keywords, and a brief bio, by
email to both Dr Mike Kent <<a href="mailto:m.kent@curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">m.kent@curtin.edu.au</a>> and Dr Tama Leaver
<<a href="mailto:t.leaver@curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">t.leaver@curtin.edu.au</a>> by 18 January 2013. (Please indicate in your
proposal if you wish to use any visual material, and how you have or will gain
copyright clearance for visual material.) Authors will receive a response by
February 15, 2013, with those provisionally accepted due as chapters of no more
than 6000 words (including references) by 31 May 2013.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">About the editors:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The three editors are from the Department of Internet
Studies at Curtin University. Dr Mike Kent’s research focus is on people with
disabilities and their use of, and access to, information technology and the
Internet. He recently co-authored the monograph <i>Disability and New Media</i> (Routledge, 2011). His other area a
research interest is in higher education and particularly online education. Dr Tama Leaver researches online identities,
digital media distribution and networked learning. He previously spent several
years as a lecturer in Higher Education Development, and is currently also a Research
Fellow in Curtin’s Centre for Culture and Technology. His recent book is <i>Artificial Culture: Identity, Technology and
Bodies</i> (Routledge, 2012), and he is currently co-authoring a monograph
entitled <i>Web Presence: Staying Noticed in
a Networked World</i>. Dr Clare Lloyd specialises in mobile communication and
mobile media. Her recent publications include the co-authored papers ‘Consuming
apps: the Australian woman’s slow appetite for apps’ (2012); and ‘Fun and
useful apps: female identity construction and social connectedness using the
mobile phone’ apps’ (2012).<u></u></p>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Dr Tama Leaver<br>Lecturer in Internet Studies<br>Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University of Technology<br>GPO Box U1987 Perth WA Australia 6845<br>Phone: (+61 8) 9266 1258<br>Fax: (+61 8) 9266 3166<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:t.leaver@curtin.edu.au">t.leaver@curtin.edu.au</a><br>Web: <a href="http://www.tamaleaver.net">www.tamaleaver.net</a><br><br>CRICOS Provider Code: 00301J (WA) 02637B (NSW) <br>
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