Social cognitive theory, social learning, self-efficacy and social media
Albert Bandura, right Image by psicologiautal via Flickr This is a learning module for the class Contemporary Social / Mass Media
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Cloud computing coming to a workstation near you
Wouldn’t it be great to be able to login to any computer and be able to access all your music,
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Read only the Google News you want to read
Just when you thought you that Google was everywhere, it shows up again someplace unexpected…or is it? Now you can
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eCommerce Automation Software, Stores, Shopping Cart, and Order Management Solutions by Vendio tags: ebay Digital Web Magazine – Web 2.0
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2009 Horizon Report » Technologies to Watch In the first adoption horizon we find mobiles and cloud computing, both of
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Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference 2009 tags: no_tag Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st
Read MoreEducating with new media
Interesting take on Social Media in Education.. From Knowledgable to Knowledge-able: Learning in New Media Environments | Academic Commons My
Read MoreA social entropy vision of wiki collaboration
Despite the fact that diverse and equal participation of members is considered to be the essence of true online communities,
Read MoreThe building of community and self-expression in online groups
Submitted by “Adrienne Hall” on October 22, 2008 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2008, Purdue University, Dr. Sorin A. Matei via the I Think Blog.
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This essay attempts to begin explaining how participation in online social interactions impacts everyday life. More specifically, how it causes a change in behavior in interpersonal relationships and methods of communication. It begins with a definition of community leading into a discussion on online communities. Finally it concludes with insight on why people join online communities and how it affects our everyday lives. The idea of the essay is to review the existing literature and to begin developing ideas for future research. […]
Read MoreLaser Monks, Real Savings. Real Monks. Supporting Real People.
The Stewart for Temporal Affairs at a Trappist Monastery in Massachusetts has found another way for salvation through hard work.
Read MoreITHINK 09/27/2008
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Read MoreAlgorithms Exposed!
The secret sauce found in several social media platforms is exposed by what appears to be a very well informed
Read MoreApple – QuickTime – WWDC 2008 Keynote
The Apple Iphone Jobs Video. Highlights: Microsoft Exchange and VPN support EBAY interface Loopt support – Location Aware Social Networks:
Read MoreOpenSocial – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A set of API standards straddling the world of social networks… OpenSocial – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Read MoreMashups everywhere
Zembly is he masu editor of mashups… Developing Web applications to be used within social networks and numerous other cloud-based
Read MoreSorin Matei’s Startups
Following a story on the Chronicle of Higher Education Wired Campus Blog I’ve run into YouNoodle.com a social networking site
Read MoreMa.tt » Favorite Posting Bookmarklet
Technorati Tags: wordpress,web,organization,information,bookmark,social media A little introspective review of the best ways to post stuff to your WordPress Blogs. Ma.tt
Read MoreCreating Online Community: Critical Issues and Practical Guidelines
Submitted by Colleen E. Brown on November 26 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University, Dr.
Read MoreOnline Community Development: Principles, Practices, and Issues
Submitted on November 26, 2007, to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University, Dr. Sorin A. Matei
Read MoreGrowing online communities
Submitted by Pamela Morris on November 26, 2007 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University, Dr.
Read MoreGodTube.com
It’s not a joke. Video social networking got religion! GodTube.com
Read MoreWelcome to I-berspace: Media Gratifications in Successful Virtual Communities
Submitted by Robert N. Yale on October 15, 2007 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University,
Read MoreDon’t Contradict Yourself: Community and its Paradoxes in Cyberspace
Submitted by Colleen E. Brown on October 15, 2006 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University,
Read MoreGlimpses of Community on the Web
Submitted by Pamela Morris on October 14, 2007 to the On-line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2007, Purdue University, Dr.
Read MoreTop 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
PC MAG list of the new and/or undiscovered Web sites that have grabbed their attention this year. You’ll see a
Read MoreCommunityWiki: WikiAffordances
This site, a little bit too baroque and eclectic to figure out at first sight, is trying to deal with
Read MoreWhy is the personal computer “personal”
Because the hippies invented it as a means of “doing their own thing” MIT OpenCourseWare | Anthropology | 21A.350J The
Read MoreFront Porches and Public Spaces: Planned Communities Online
Front Porches and Public Spaces: Planned Communities Online Susan Huelsing Sarapin Comm. 632: Online Interaction Professor: Dr. Sorin Matei November
Read MoreA Simple Helpful Site…
Powazek (2002) stated three key issues in his book Design for Community that should be initially considered when building a
Read MoreI Link, Therefore, I Am: Connection and Identity in Computer-Mediated Communication
By Susan Huelsing Sarapin Submitted on October 22, 2006 to the On-Line Interaction and Facilitation Seminar, Fall 2006, Purdue University
Read MoreDeep, Deeper, and Deepest
Lately, most of what I’ve read here has to do with the depth, or lack thereof, of relationships formed online.
Read MoreA “Learning Landscape” with Tagging
What is Elgg? (It’s being used at MIT.) Described by its founders as a ‘learning landscape’, Elgg provides each user
Read MoreBig, Fat Idea #1
Please bear with me as I try to communicate my thoughts. I’m quite ill today, so what I write might
Read MoreThe Changing Nature of Expertise & Authority – Is it Anarchy?
Authority and expertise has changed. Weinberger’s chapter on “The Hyperlinked Organization†in The Cluetrain Manifesto (2004) and his chapter on
Read MoreSocial Shaping of Technology
Here is an Amazon.com list for those interested in social shaping of technology!
Read MoreDale Carnegie, Consumers, and Communitas
Is the Internet, as we’ve seen it described in our readings, and perhaps also as we’ve experienced it, a liminal
Read MoreKraut’s at it again
Robert Kraut and colleagues of “Internet loneliness” fame have been hacking at a research agenda focusing on stable and self-maintaining
Read MoreSilicon Valley Sleuth: Gates inducted into the Stalinist hall of fame
The man really is on the list… But so is Michael Gorbatchev, Henrik Ibsen, Albert Einstein or Michael Jordan… Silicon
Read MoreSpaceaware: The Visible Past Version
Spaceaware is a research project I started a couple of years ago, which looks at how people make sense of
Read MoreDigital Maoism
A surprising wake up call coming from the digerati camp. The “emergentist” party, which claimed that the best the net
Read MoreDifferences in online relating
[posted by Lorraine] Joe Walther’s visit to Purdue University introduced us to a wide variety of theoretical approaches to relationships
Read MoreEmerging technologies, spatial behavior and community belonging
New media and emerging technologies continue to change not only our communication (Gunn, 2006; Jones, 2006), but also our relationships,
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SIDE Theory, Small World Networks, and Smart Mob Formation: A Beginners Guide
Submitted by: Scott Sanders to the Online Interaction Seminar, COM 632Y, Spring 2006, Dr. Sorin A. Matei, Purdue University, West
Read MoreNosh on Social Networking
Nosh Contractor gave an interview to PRI’s To the Point on the virtues (and fallings) of online communication. The interview
Read MoreNetworks Class AT UIUC
SPCM 529, NC, “Communication Networks” Professor Noshir Contractor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & Professor Peter Monge Annenberg School of
Read MoreNetwork forms of organizing: A MTML perspective
The metaphor of organization-as-networks directs attention to the dynamic nature of the process of organization as an emergent, evolving, and
Read MoreLayered, Emergent and Adaptive Communication Network Systems
Lorraine Kisselburgh This week, Noshir Contractor introduces a rich array of information in discussing communication networks, new grid infrastructures, and
Read MoreCommunication Networks
After interacting with Noshir Contractor this week and going through the readings on communication networks and new forms of organizing,
Read MoreThe social shaping of knowledge
The social shaping of knowledge through collaborative authoring tools I grew up in a household with a set of encyclopedias
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