I try to identify and share recent syllabi that I believe would be of use for the academic community. I know many educators are working on their syllabi over winter break. If you have one you would like to share related to digital media topics, email me or post it below. I have also posted [...]

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Students must know how to cultivate community. It is becoming more common to expect that they secure a social media following prior to graduation. As an example, the Klout score is the new the press pass. A high Klout score suggests that you have influence among your followers. The number of people using social networking [...]

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I presented at the Female Contemporary Issues Summit in Phoenix, AZ. Here is my presentation on personal branding: Personal branding sp11 View more presentations from Serena Carpenter

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It is difficult to teach online media topics because often instructors are pressured to teach students everything about online media including user behavior and communication, technical skills, reporting, writing, and design. Recently, Nathan Gibbs wrote about his experiences of learning to teach. I share my materials as a way of thanking people who have helped [...]

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I spent part of my break revamping my assignments for my Online Media class including trying to bring clarity to my social media assignment. I structured the assignment so it would be useful for my students and the audience at a PR Newswire event as well. In addition, Kaye Sweetser recently shared her social media [...]

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I have put together this list for my students to help them find work and internships. If interested, you can select one or more of these Twitter ids to follow. If you want to follow all of these Twitter users, I have also created a list to follow on Twitter. Don’t forget to submit your [...]

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Online Journalism Review aggregated syllabi in 2004, however this list needs to be updated. In an attempt to aggregate this information, I have begun a list of syllabi dedicated to online journalism, online communication and social media. I found that results from Google do not showcase all of the best available syllabi online. This section [...]

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Every semester I struggle with the grading of my students’ blog posts. For most of my students in my Online Media class, it is the first time that they have blogged. It takes awhile for students to adjust to online communication and how the blogosphere plays a part. I just finished grading their first two [...]

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I enjoyed encouraging my students last semester to reflect and communicate who they are in one to two sentences. Students can post their statements on their sites (e.g., Google Profile, LinkedIn, Twitter) to quickly communicate who they are and what they want to do professionally. Here are statements from my Spring 09 Honors class: “I [...]

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For those of you learning the ways of the twittersphere, here is another tip. In a previous post, I broke down the basic terms used by tweeters. Today, I am going to show how to join a conversation marked by a #hashtag. A hashtag is a term that is tagged to all conversations related to [...]

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