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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">An Education in Facebook? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Higher Education and the World’s Largest Social Network<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Editors: Dr Mike Kent, Dr Tama Leaver and Dr Clare Lloyd, Internet Studies, Curtin University</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Abstract Submission Deadline 18 January 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Full Chapters Due 31 May 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">We are soliciting chapter proposals for an edited collection entitled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>An Education in Facebook?</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>This
edited collection will focus on the relationship between Facebook and Higher Education. Facebook first emerged in 2004 as a social network for students studying at universities in the United States. It soon grew beyond North America, and beyond the confines
of student networking. Having evolved initially as a student social space the platform continues to play a prominent role in the lives of many students and staff at higher education institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The collection will explore the use of Facebook the higher education environment as both a social space, and also its growing use as part of teaching and learning processes, both formally and informally. From students
creating informal social groups around a course of study or particular unit, and dedicated online study groups, to the use of Facebook as a formal venue for teaching, we are seeking chapters that explore these and related areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Is there an appropriate place for Facebook in formal higher education? What are the tensions between private and professional spaces online for students and teachers and what are the potential dangers of unintentional
overlap? What are appropriate roles and responsibilities for staff, students and institutions in relation to the social network? What are the dangers of moving important aspects of the higher education learning environment to an external company that exploits
social interaction for profit? How is the shift to online learning in many institutions complemented or challenged by mobile uses of social networks, including app use on smartphones and tablets? This book will explore these and other topics interrogating
the contemporary role of Facebook in Higher Education.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Some suggested topics (which are by no means exhaustive):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Facebook and/as/or Learning Management Systems?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Facebook as support network (for online and overseas learners, for example)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Teacher-led Facebook uses as in/formal learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Student-led Facebook uses as in/formal learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Case studies of Facebook implementation in formal learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Informal versus formal learning online<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Social networks and the flipped classroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Context collapse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Privacy issues in social network use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Copyright issues in social network use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Mobile learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Facebook App in education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Roles and boundaries in networked learning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Facebook as a backchannel (either positive or disruptive)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The politics of ‘friending’ in staff and student relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Examples of innovative Facebook integration in higher education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Whether Facebook has a place in formal education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>MOOCs and Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·</span><span style="color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Comparative uses of Facebook and other online networks (eg Twitter)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Submission procedure:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Potential authors are invited to submit chapter abstract of no more than 500 words, including a title, 4 to 6 keywords, and a brief bio, by email to both Dr Mike Kent <<a href="mailto:m.kent@curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">m.kent@curtin.edu.au</a>>
and Dr Tama Leaver <<a href="mailto:t.leaver@curtin.edu.au" target="_blank">t.leaver@curtin.edu.au</a>> by 18 January 2013. (Please indicate in your proposal if you wish to use any visual material, and how you have or will gain copyright clearance for visual
material.) Authors will receive a response by February 15, 2013, with those provisionally accepted due as chapters of no more than 6000 words (including references) by 31 May 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">About the editors:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The three editors are from the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University. Dr Mike Kent’s research focus is on people with disabilities and their use of, and access to, information technology and the Internet.
He recently co-authored the monograph<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Disability and New Media</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Routledge, 2011). His other area a research interest is in higher education and particularly online
education. Dr Tama Leaver researches online identities, digital media distribution and networked learning. He previously spent several years as a lecturer in Higher Education Development, and is currently also a Research Fellow in Curtin’s Centre for Culture
and Technology. His recent book is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Artificial Culture: Identity, Technology and Bodies</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(Routledge, 2012), and he is currently co-authoring a monograph entitled<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Web
Presence: Staying Noticed in a Networked World</i>. Dr Clare Lloyd specialises in mobile communication and mobile media. Her recent publications include the co-authored papers ‘Consuming apps: the Australian woman’s slow appetite for apps’ (2012); and ‘Fun
and useful apps: female identity construction and social connectedness using the mobile phone’ apps’ (2012).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Bold";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Dr Clare Lloyd<br>
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