Ning in Education

Using Ning for Educational Social Networks

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Collette Snowden Comment by Collette Snowden on March 22, 2008 at 2:43am
Hi

I'm from the University of South Australia School of Communication and I'm using NING with a large undergraduate course (subject) in Public Relations. The students are from a variety of degree programs - but mainly Marketing, Communication Management,Journalism, Commerce, Psychology, plus a few other ones where the student is taking the course as an elective. The students include quite a
significant number of international students, from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, India, and some exchange students.

My biggest issues so far have been getting them all to register and start using the site. Once they do they - in their own words - 'go off' and start posting comments left right and centre. However, getting any of them to participate in the more serious side of the site i.e. Discussion Forum discussions about issues we are examining in the course has not been very productive so far. This is only week 3 though so I am hopeful it will improve.

I am delighted with some of the early positive effects on 'bonding' between individual students, now I want to move on to more education based uses.

Any suggestions from those with experience would be welcome, as would discussion about the pedagogical issues.
 

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Some Educational Ning Networks:

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Art:


  • Art Snacks- Teaching Art
  • Arteda.net Art Education in the Digital Age - lots of videos of Exhibits/Lectures/Artist from Boston and a Web 2.0 Hybrid Drawing class.
  • UTA Film and Video Network - for art (film) students and faculty of the University of Texas, Arlington
  • UTA Animation Network - for animation students and faculty of the University of Texas, Arlington
  • Museums and Students - A network for museums and students to interact and learnAg

Classroom Networks:


  • The Global Cooling Collective - Planning World Concerts, Creating World Change, Empowering Global Youths
  • Kingswear Network - a private UK primary (ages 5-11) classroom network but main page is public
  • http://www.historycentral.net A networks for 7th grade history students in a small K-8
  • Flat Classroom Project - Planning, communication and collaboration Ning for the Flat Classroom Project
  • Big Dog Science - eighth grade science class network for student collaboration on chemistry projects
  • Hurricane Maine - Network for my students but hope to open it up for collaboration
  • Readin' Writin' Techin' - Private network run by four teachers in Southern NJ as part of a study group looking at ways Web 2.0 technologies can be used to
    generate interest in reading and enhance writing skills. Network has 14
    members (four adults and ten students).
  • TLGplace - Taking Learning Global, a place for students 15+ and their teachers to share inter-cultural experiences while learning.
  • Kerr Honors - 9th grade English Network for Reading Reflection (closed - could open up)
  • WellesleyHigh - High School Faculty/Staff Network (closed)
  • McCorrmick31 - 11th grade English Network for reflection on independent reading projects. (closed - could open up)
  • IntroTV/Video - 9-12th grade TV/Video students use this as a place to upload their work (closed - due to copyright issues)
  • Truss2YPI - one of several private Gr. 10 class networks, "Learning about grassroots organizations in our community." see YPI

Conferences:


  • The Illinois Technology Conference for Educators- A social networking site for conference attendees, vendors and speakers. Educators following the conference from afar as also
    encouraged to join this ning. Stay tuned for handouts, pictures, and
    video of our 2008 event!
  • Learning 2.008 Shanghai - Educational Technology Conference held in Shanghai in September for international teachers in the Asia region.
  • CUE Community - Conference website for CUE.org and 2008 CUE Conference (with individual forum threads for every session and speaker pages).

Course Material:


  • openlearn - Open University Course Material

English as a Foreign Language:



English as a Second Language:


  • CSWE 3 Werribee - An adult ESL network for my class of new refugees and immigrants to Melbourne, Australia (closed - may open up)

Language Learning:


  • Talkabout Primary MFL- for those teaching (or considering teaching) foreign languages in Primary schools (ages 3-11)

Leadership:


  • Education Leadership - A community for educators to discuss effective leadership, to share best practices, and work toward - lead - a culture of positive change
    in education.

Libraries:



Professional Development:



Regional:



Second Life in Higher Ed:



Spanish as a Foreign Language:


  • Profesores ELE en Holanda - for Teachers of Spanish as a Foreign Language working in the Netherlands (in progress) | Profesores de Español como Lengua
    Extranjera (ELE) que trabajan en los Países Bajos.

Student Organizations:


  • EARCOS Global Issues Network - Earth’s Hope is the theme of the EARCOS Global Issues Network Conference to be held in Beijing April 4, 5 & 6 at Western Academy of Beijing. The Global Issues Network is based on
    the ideas in Jean Francois Rischard’s book “Twenty Global Problems,
    Twenty Years to Solve Them.” Rischard identifies 20 urgent global
    problems and encourages the formation of small groups around the world
    to help solve them

Technology:


  • Blended Learning and Instruction - Engaging students and teachers in active learning by using technology and combining online with face-to-face instruction. Members will share
    various 2.0 tools and ways of integrating technology effectively.
  • Online Instruction - Teachers need ongoing support and information to facilitate online classes. Online Instruction caters to instructors who wish to discuss
    ways of developing, implementing, and providing learners with the most
    effective means of online instruction.
  • Technology Integration - Gathering perspectives and best practices from teachers, administrators, students, parents, Board of Education members, support
    personnel, vendors and others regarding technology integration in
    education. Site also available by visiting http://TechnologyIntegration.org.

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