Week 18 – A6c: Social objects and social networking

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Engeström’s blog post.

‘The fallacy is to think that social networks are just made up of people. They’re not; social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared object.’

Engestrom asserts that social objects are a prerequisite for a successful social network. The social objects are visible in popular tools like Flickr, LinkedIn. The social object is not so appearant in other networks like Facebook and Twitter.

(refer to course material)

‘the notion of social objects is a useful approach when thinking about how networks are established and sustained.’

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Currently my professional role is that of Education Officer (Quality Assurance) within the Directorate for Quality & Standards in Education in the Ministry of Education, Malta. After eight years teaching Computing and ICT within a state secondary school, I moved to the Department of eLearning where my role focused on the organisation of national educational events of which the national eLearning awards and conference, Malta Robotics Olympiad and student competitions. In addition to the work within the Department of eLearning, as from 2011 I have taken the role of ICT coordinator within the Directorate for Lifelong Learning where for 5 years, I was involved in the development and organisation of ICT related courses within the directorate’s adult education centres and collaborating entities. In 2012, I completed my Masters studies in Online and Distance Education from the Open University. This blog started off as an online reflective diary for my studies in the Masters in Online and Distance Education with the Open Univeristy. As may be easily deduced, my main interest is in technology, learning and anything in between. Linkedin; mt.linkedin.com/in/keithaquilina/