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Why might an instructor want a social network specific to their academic work? People join Facebook and LinkedIn for different reasons. Here are some of them
- To promote expertise and accomplishments publicly to attract opportunities for employment or collaboration...while maintaining control over who can contact them.
- Conversely, finding people you might want to work with, based on interests/expertise, people they know, or both
- Staying current by tapping into news and events that are important to people she respects... while not getting overloaded with information.
- Be able to contact people at three levels:
- one time interactions
- groups for limited-time projects
- maintain contact when colleagues change organizations
What functions are necessary according to needs above? + is definite, 0 is ideally
| self-promotion | find people | coordinate projects | maintain contacts | stay current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
profile | + | + |
| + | 0 |
privacy controls or messaging | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
contact info | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
groups |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
connections |
|
|
| + | 0 |
Is this necessary for the student too?