Social Media Collaboratory: Introduction to Social Media

• Author: Howard Rheingold & Max Senges
• Subject: Business, Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
• Institution Name: UOC.edu
• Collection: Individual Authors
• Grade Level: Secondary, Post-secondary

• Abstract: Understand the benefits and challenges of effectively engaging with social media.
  
  Learn how participate and organize online discussions in forums, mailing-lists, blogs and video discussion sites.
  
  Understand how a blog can give you a voice and learn the basics of publishing a blog.
  
  Understand how social bookmarking can be a very effective way to gather and share information about online resources.
  
  Learn how to use wikis and understand their use as a collaborative writing (collabowriting) tool.
  
  Learn best practices with regards to interacting and publishing in online media, e.g. how to manage privacy through nicknames, how to use online media to build up a professional reputation and network, online behavioral norms.
  
  Link points directly to a .doc file.

• Course Type: Learning Module
• Languages: English
• Material Types: Activities and Labs, Lesson Plans
• Media Formats: Text/HTML, Downloadable docs

• Conditions of Use: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

  

• Copyright Holder: Howard Rheingold & Max Senges; first version produced for UOC.edu