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12 Aug 08
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“Schools on Facebook” (in private beta) that is a private, secure application (on Facebook) that can be skinned with a schools branding and connect with their current technology infrastructure. It doesn’t compete with but complements CMS and LMS systems by focusing on socialization and relationship building; more on how below.
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We want to change the conversation about the internet in education from one of using the web to “manage courses” to one about using the web to facilitate the relationships that develop on campuses already.
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Facebook magnifies the “connectedness” that people feel to your school
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Schools on Facebook, delivers course schedules, majors, organization memberships and other on campus affiliations to Facebook
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“campus safe” identity
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enables a students’ course information to be a part of those conversations
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enables contact between faculty and classmates who are not “friends”
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campus exchanges can stay out of the personal part of Facebook
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We’re looking for the “right” school
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The data never goes to nor touches Facebook
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students don’t “have” to create a Facebook account.
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seal of approval
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students are largely uninterested in using Facebook as a learning platform
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very interested in using Facebook to connect with people in their academic environment in new and different ways
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