Ben's blog provides a link to a free to air but now podcast of the free to air ABC TV show feature on the use of youtube to generate a sense of social connection screened in the TV program called Australian Story this week.
This is a sort of extreme example of the establishment of a social presence that was probably not there in real life or the f2f environment. It is discovered or developed by this guy in a very strong way - and maybe much stronger than real life by the use of youtube in personal diary type entries - not unlike a blog but as video. A vlog.
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Can this sort of social presence be a way around the needs for social presence in online learning environment or is it going to too far? What about video diaries instead of blogs in online educational settings? What would appeal to students?
Are there benefits for learning of similar types of activities in video online that will generate a sense of personal social presence and that would add a personal social dimension to learning in the online world? How could this be done ? Do we need video introductions a la big brother contestants ? Is the value of the youtube example that it is not trying to impress or be any more than a straight personal reflection? Does it seem more real because it is unaffected and not staged too much? Would it be better if it was staged a little more?
Anyway what helps establish the lonely guys social presence online is that he tells us what he has for breakfast - scrambled eggs and bacon - maybe Bill was wrong on this breakfast thing in our subject. This my attempt at an humourous aside - the use of video here as humour is actually a bit boring possibly spurious posting I think. ( I am not exactly sure if he really does not know how to make scrambled eggs and bacon so maybe it is not so real but it does demonstrate the importance of banality or ordinariness and therefore reality of social presence?)
Further what is really interesting is that the online girlfriend of the lonely yourtube guy from Australia actually makes alot of videos on youtube presumably for the lonely guy and telling him and the world what she had for other meals - eg eggplant parmesean and then stuffed provolone chicken and potatoes:
Is this sad frivolous or a breakthrough in communication and social interaction and the projection of personal social presence in posting?
Posted by ictied on August 27, 2008
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