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Social Media & Networking Technologies
The importance of online identities among young university students can hardly be ignored. Part of an essential component of how young adults identify is through their online persona and presence. Since we seek to facilitate extensive student collaboration by building and fostering a sense of community we must find ways to harness the virtual communities, relationships, and online identities which already exist. To this end, I propose the creation of an internal site modeled on the Craigslist format, and the creation of a virtual study center. Where campus tutors could provide assistance and appointments late into the evening via webcams and technologies which allow them to write on the screens of the student requesting assistance.
Virtual Tutoring
In recent years there has been an an explosion of online tutoring sites aimed at tutoring students and providing...
Companies all over the place, including startups such as Virtual Nerd use online video tutorials and webcams to deliver services. A virtual tutoring center open 7 days a week from 9am to midnight foster greater student collaboration and create a sense of community. Virtual tutoring on our university campus would not replace regular in person tutoring but rather could serve as a supplement. In times of high need,, such as during finals and midterms, the later and weekend hours of the virtual tutoring center would benefit a wider range of students. Among the demographic of students who would benefit the most are those who are employed, have families at home, or are commuting students. The aforementioned are precisely the demographic of students that is likely to feel the greater disconnect from campus life already. This would assist them by ensuring that they are able to access a vital resource without…
Online University Virtual Marketplace: Craigslist Model
Craigslist is a virtual community that has been around since 1995 (Torres, 2002) It is fairly low tech and has remained that way through the years. It is primarily a list service with many community portals, where anonymous local citizens list ads to provide or procure everything from jobs and furniture. The popularity of the website has only skyrocketed and with the human connection and sense community which is fostered because individuals are interacting with locals. The posts organized by categories include spaces where members can debate politics, philosophy, and even rant or rave about terrible and often humorous situations. The sections for artists to promote events would translate very well onto campus. It is likely that in the university setting the most popular areas would be the sale and purchase of textbooks, dorm and apartment furniture, carpooling, and dating services. The ability to get a deal on books or furniture or catch a ride across the country for thanksgiving would likely cement the virtual space as an integral part of student life.
Many of the drawbacks of implementing a Craigslist model all come down to a lack of administrative control of the virtual space once it is created. There is going to be difficulty moderating the posts without backlash from students who feel stringently regulated. Not to mention that under this model it would be cost prohibitive to monitor the services students listed or requested. Aside from key word security features which blocked
business2community.com/social-media/2012s-ten-worst-social-media-Disaster-0370309 Using contemporary illustrative examples from academic literature and reputable business publications, discuss the concept of "Social Business" and the resultant opportunity and challenges that are currently being faced by the retail industry globally. Concept of Social Business Concept of Social Business with Retailers Social Media and Retailing Best Practices in Administering Social Media There is a growing body of research that confirms that companies of all sizes and types can realize a wide array
Wireless Broadband Technology Overview of Wireless technology Presently it is quite evident to come across functioning of a sort of wireless technology in the form of mobile phone, a Palm pilot, a smart phone etc. With the inception of fast connectivity in the sphere of commerce it is customary and useful to operate from central locations communicating with the remote branches, conducting conferences in remote places, discussing with every body at every
According to Paul B. Mckimmy (2003), "The first consideration of wireless technology is bandwidth. 802.11b (one of four existing wireless Ethernet standards) is currently the most available and affordable specification. It allows a maximum of 11 megabits per second (Mbps)" (p. 111); the author adds that wired Ethernet LANs are typically 10 or 100 Mbps. In 1997, when the IEEE 802.11 standard was first ratified, wireless LANs were incompatible and