Presentation given January 23, 2013 at ALISE 2013 (Seattle, WA), reporting select findings from the ALISE-funded study, Teaching in the Age of Facebook and Other Social Media: LIS Faculty and Students Friend'ing and Poking in the Social Sphere

1. TEACHING
in the age of Facebook
& other social media
LIS faculty & students friend’ing
& poking in the social sphere
CAROLYN HANK
ALISE 2013, SEATTLE, WA
JANUARY 23, 2013

2. 2012 ALISE Research
Grant Competition
WHO
WHY
HOW
WHAT
interviews

3. Carolyn
Hank
PI
(UTK)
Cassidy
Sugimoto
Co-­‐PI
(IUB)
Jeff
Pomerantz
Co-­‐PI
(UNC)

4. Carolyn
Hank
PI
(UTK)
Cassidy
Sugimoto
Co-­‐PI
(IUB)
Fred
Jeff
Pomerantz
Stutzman,
Co-­‐PI
(UNC)
Advisor
(UNC)

5. ✖
✖
✖
Carolyn
Hank
PI
(UTK)
Cassidy
Sugimoto
Co-­‐PI
(IUB)
Fred
Jeff
Pomerantz
Stutzman,
Co-­‐PI
(UNC)
Advisor
(UNC)

6. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
1
Describe LIS faculty and
student interactions via
Facebook

7. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
2
Inform social network and
communication policy
decision-making at LIS
programs

8. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
3
Inform future approaches
and methods for other
academic units, regardless
of discipline, to investigate
connections between
pedagogy and social
network tools, including
Facebook

9. HOW?
Develop
and
pilot
test
an
approach
to
studying
…

10. …
LIS
faculty,
students’
and
administrators’
percepMons,
experiences,
pracMces,
and
decision-­‐making
for
managing
communicaMons
with
one
another,
if
at
all,
via
Facebook;

11. …
their
expectaMons
for
such
communicaMons,
including
issues
related
to
disclosure
and
privacy;

12. …
and
the
impact
of
classroom
and
insMtuMonal
policies,
if
any,
on
such
interacMons.

13. RESEARCH DESIGN
MCGILL
IUB
SETTINGS
UNC

14. RESEARCH DESIGN
FOCUS
FOCUS 1:1 POLICY WEB-BASED
INTERVIEWS
GROUPS
GROUPS INTERVIEWS ANALYSIS SURVEYS
FACULTY
ASSOC.
DEANS/
SYLLABI
Q1:
FACULTY
STUDENTS
DIRECTOR
SOCIAL
MEDIA
Q2:
STUDENTS
-­‐ UG
INST’L
POLICIES
-­‐ MLIS
-­‐ SCHOOL
-­‐ PhD
-­‐ FACULTY
-­‐ UNIVERISTY

15. RESEARCH DESIGN
FOCUS
FOCUS 1:1 POLICY WEB-BASED
INTERVIEWS
GROUPS
GROUPS INTERVIEWS ANALYSIS SURVEYS
ONGOING
MARCH
‘13
APP.
17
HOURS

16. RESEARCH DESIGN
FOCUS FOCUS 1:1
INTERVIEWS
GROUPS GROUPS INTERVIEWS
4
PhD
FGs
3
ADMIN
8
FAC
3
MS
FGs
1
PhD
1
FAC
FG
1
UG

17. QUESTION
1
GENERAL USE
PERSONAL
PROFESSIONAL
CASUAL
“CONTEXT COLLAPSE”

18. QUESTION
2
FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)
FACULTY &
STUDENTS’
FRIENDS (?)

19. QUESTION
2
FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)
UG | MS | PHD | FACULTY
APPROXIMATIONS
INITIATIONS
ACCEPTANCE AND/OR ANGST
PERSONAL CODES OF CONDUCT

20. QUESTION
2
FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)
UG | MS | PHD | FACULTY
FACULTY &
STUDENTS
FRIENDLY

21. QUESTION
2
FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)
consider …DUAL RELATIONSHIPS
TEACHER
MENTOR
“… a professional tries
SUPERVISOR to simultaneously fill
EMPLOYER two or more different
COLLABORATOR roles.” Rupert
&
Holmes,
1997,
p.
661
COLLEAGUE
FRIEND

22. QUESTION
2
FRIEND’ING (FACULTY & STUDENTS)
consider … EVOLVING RELATIONSHIPS
MS STUDENT
PHD STUDENT
PHD ADJUNCT YIKES!
JUNIOR FACULTY
The
“Grocery”
Store
Encounter
TENURED FACULTY
ADMINISTRATOR

23. QUESTION
3
EXPECTATIONS & POLICIES
HONOR
CODES/
CODES OF
CONDUCT
SNS
POLICIES
(Metzger et al. (2010)

24. QUESTION
3
EXPECTATIONS & POLICIES
GUIDANCE
& ADVICE
HONOR
CODES/
CODES OF
CONDUCT

25. QUESTION
3
EXPECTATIONS & POLICIES
✖
Facebook
✔
LinkedIn

26. COMING SOON …
FINAL REPORT
SUMMER 2013

27. SOURCES
Hampton et al. (2011). Social networking sites and our lives. Washington, DC:
Pew Internet & American Life Project. http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2011/
Technology-and-social-networks.aspx
Metzger, A.H., Finley, K.N., Ulbrich, T.R., & McAuley, J.W. (2010). Pharmacy
faculty members’ perspectives on the student/faculty relationship in online
social networks. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 74(10), 1-5
Moran, M., Seaman, J., & Tinti-Kane, H. (2011). Teaching, learning, and
sharing: How today’s higher education faculty use social media. Boston,
MA: Pearson Learning Solutions. Retrieved from
http://www.pearsonlearningsolutions.com/educators
/pearson-social-media-survey-2011-bw.pdf
Rupert, P.A., & Holmes, D.L. (1997). Dual relationships in higher education:
Professional and institutional guidelines. Journal of Higher Education, 68(6),
660-678.

28. THANK YOU …
CAROLYN
HANK
Email:
chank@utk.edu
Phone:
865-­‐242-­‐7170
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THANKS TO …
ALISE
2012
RESEARCH
GRANT
QUESTIONS?