In The News: Use of Social Networks For Education/Learning
Colleagues/ I believe/hope that the recently published front page article will be of interest to those who have considered the use of online social networks for education/instruction/learning/teaching/etc. /Gerry Des Moines Register / February 17, 2009 / A New Tool For Students: Educational Networking / GUNNAR OLSON / Ames, Ia. - Iowa State University sophomore Lauren Egerton can compare notes with fellow education majors or study their flashcards with a few clicks on her computer. She simply goes online to a social networking site geared toward studying, such as StudyBlue or Flashcard Exchange."It's at your convenience. It's on your own time. You don't have to coordinate with anyone else's schedules," said Egerton, 19, of Iowa City. "It's just a smarter way to study." Online social networking, made popular across the country and around the globe in recent years by sites such as MySpace and Facebook, is no longer the exclusive territory of teenage romances and family pictures. "You name it, and it seems as though a niche network has been created, and if it hasn't, it will be in the very near future," said Gerry McKiernan, an ISU librarian who blogs and lectures nationally on the subject. [snip] McKiernan called use of the sites a shift away from the "sage on the stage." "The students themselves are creating a learning community," he said. "In a very real sense, I believe they're reinventing the educational process."More students and faculty in Iowa are using such sites. For example, today there are about 40,000 members of ISU's Facebook group, nearly double the 22,000 members three years ago. And more of them are using such sites as tools for learning, as evidenced by the recent success of StudyBlue.com. [snip] "We really built our tool from the bottom up, with the idea of students growing the tool," company spokesman Ben Jedd said. He said about 5,000 students at Iowa universities use the site. Students at the University of Iowa, one of the company's test locations, are among the site's top 10 users. At Iowa State, the number of users doubled last semester to about 1,000, he said. [more] Links to the article full text and associated web addresses are available at [http://tinyurl.com/bkk7pp ] Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]
Hello everyone, I remember there was a thread about how general Internet users can participate in certain sites to influence policy/legislation (e.g., I vaguely remember someone mentioned a site sth like "tell my congressman" - not sure about the exact name though). But I wasn't able to find this topic in the archive. Does anyone know? Yifeng -- Yifeng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Kendall Hall 244 The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Telephone: 609-771-2373 Fax: 609-637-5187 Email: hu@tcnj.edu Homepage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~hu/
Hi all, I am looking for articles/thoughts about whether new media can play a role in reducing health care cost. Any perspectives are welcome. Thanks. Yifeng** -- Yifeng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Kendall Hall 244 The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Telephone: 609-771-2373 Fax: 609-637-5187 Email: hu@tcnj.edu Homepage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~hu/
On 22-Feb-09, at 7:37 PM, Yifeng Hu wrote:
Hi all,
I am looking for articles/thoughts about whether new media can play a role in reducing health care cost. Any perspectives are welcome.
Thanks.
Yifeng**
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Some thoughts We have been using tools like Freenets in the middle 1990's and forum style web sites to now blogs by consumer staff. When I say "we" I mean the mental health consumer/user community in Ottawa Canada and also more now joined by professional parnerships. While I can not give studies pointing to the use of the net in particular as effective, I do have studies or my staff do, that consumer peer support reduces hospitalization. This has shifted our government spending on health from hospitals to community groups like users groups. I would also add that I have gone from unemployed mental health patient with some university, to graduate school and working full time and an active consumer disabilities advocate because of the net largely but also by participation in consumer survivor groups and the use of less professional health care. The main gain with the net is being a writer very day. There are also secondary gains of owning computers such as being able to run say SAS, Matlab, or Maple at home for school work. The most effective online tool for me has been email list serves on mental health topics. But there are other tools like personal recovery blogs that have also helped me. tools that are effective in business also reduce costs in consumer survivor groups. Net users are the person of the year in Time magazine and I tend to think in my bubble that consumers survivors of psychiatry are also benefiting from this self empowerment trend. You might visit http://www.psychiatricsurvivors.org/ all the best and please share any articles you find. Peter Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa. just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. Kiitos Paljon, Merci, and thank you.
On 24-Feb-09, at 2:28 AM, Peter Timusk wrote:
typos below sorry
Some thoughts
... and also more now joined by professional partnerships.
.... The main gain with the net is being a writer every day.
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Further references on new media and costs of health care, in different context: Monica Murero The one-stop trial: does electronic referral and booking by the general practitioner (GPs) to outpatient day case surgery reduce waiting time and costs? A randomized controlled trial protocol. Augestad KM, Revhaug A, Vonen B, Johnsen R, Lindsetmo RO. BMC Surg. 2008 Aug 11;8:14. PMID: 18694477 Implementation of pharmacy services in a telemedicine intensive care unit. Meidl TM, Woller TW, Iglar AM, Brierton DG. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008 Aug 1;65(15):1464-9. PMID: 18653818 Current status and future perspectives in telecare for elderly people suffering from chronic diseases. Botsis T, Hartvigsen G. J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(4):195-203. Review. PMID: 18534954 Implementing a home telemonitoring program. Canady LM. Home Healthc Nurse. 2008 Apr;26(4):231-6. PMID: 18408516 The contribution of teleconsultation and videoconferencing to diabetes care: a systematic literature review. Verhoeven F, van Gemert-Pijnen L, Dijkstra K, Nijland N, Seydel E, Steehouder M. J Med Internet Res. 2007 Dec 14;9(5):e37. Review. PMID: 18093904 Cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring for high-risk pregnant women. Buysse H, De Moor G, Van Maele G, Baert E, Thienpont G, Temmerman M. Int J Med Inform. 2008 Jul;77(7):470-6. Epub 2007 Oct 17. PMID: 17923433 Monica Murero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yifeng Hu" <hu@tcnj.edu> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: 23 February, 2009 1:37 AM Subject: [Air-L] the role of new media in reducing health care cost?
Hi all,
I am looking for articles/thoughts about whether new media can play a role in reducing health care cost. Any perspectives are welcome.
Thanks.
Yifeng**
-- Yifeng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Kendall Hall 244 The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Telephone: 609-771-2373 Fax: 609-637-5187 Email: hu@tcnj.edu Homepage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~hu/
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I just wanted to thank all of you who provided invaluable information for my inquiry. I really appreciate it! This list is amazing. Have a nice day, everyone. Yifeng
Hi all,
I am looking for articles/thoughts about whether new media can play a role in reducing health care cost. Any perspectives are welcome.
Thanks.
Yifeng**
-- Yifeng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Kendall Hall 244 The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Telephone: 609-771-2373 Fax: 609-637-5187 Email: hu@tcnj.edu Homepage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~hu/
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-- Yifeng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Kendall Hall 244 The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Telephone: 609-771-2373 Fax: 609-637-5187 Email: hu@tcnj.edu Homepage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~hu/
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