SubscribeUC Berkeley fast-growing campuswide Facebook page acquired its 100,000th fan this week. A quirky mix of serious and light posts, student input on its content and a new app for dialogue with campus leaders are helping to grow its lively online community.
Tag: social networking
UC Berkeley Facebook page hits 100,000-fan milestone
March 16, 2012:
Success of amphibian social networking spawns Reptile BioBlitz
September 7, 2011:
Photos and observations posted to the website of the Global Amphibian BioBlitz now cover more than 700 species: 10 percent of the world’s frog, toad and salamander species that the social networking effort hopes to track. This success has now spawned a Reptile BioBlitz.
Cal Educamp explores the nexus of new technology and teaching
August 8, 2011:
How can educators use emerging digital technologies to excite students and spur learning? At Cal Educamp — a participant-driven “unconference” held on campus Aug. 5 — teachers, students, instructional designers and researchers re-imagined education for the 21st century.
Facebook users’ app use contradicts their stated security concerns, study finds
July 21, 2011:
Although most Facebook users claim to be very uncomfortable with how third-party apps use their personal information, their online behavior doesn’t reflect this concern, researchers at UC Berkeley’s School of Information have found.
Can social networking save the world’s amphibians?
May 25, 2011:
Amphibian lovers have teamed up to create a social networking site, the Global Amphibian Blitz, where citizen scientists can submit photographs of amphibians in order to help scientists track their worldwide decline and hopefully find a way to halt it.
Music choices change when published, researchers find
March 22, 2011:
When information about a person’s music listening is published automatically, young people subtly manipulate the way they present their preferences, say researchers at the School of Information.
