# Report: Using Social Networking (Web 2.0) in HE

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In the last edition of NewsFeed we highlighted the [JISC Podcast: Listening to Students-Changing the Learner Experience](http://scottish-rscs.org.uk/newsfeed/?p=3079), which contained an interview with Sir David Melville, chair of [The Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience](http://clex.org.uk). The Committee have recently published a commissioned report on "[A review of current and developing international practice in the use of social networking (web 2.0) in higher education](http://clex.org.uk/8.%20Franklin%20Consulting%20Intnl%20Review-%20final%20report.doc)" \[Word Doc, 1.4Mb, 141 pages\]. The review looks at: - The areas in which Web 2.0 is being used, including academic and administrative support;
- The drivers to use of Web 2.0 in these areas;
- The issues encountered and the responses made;
- The perceived advantages and disadvantages of Web 2.0 use; and
- Prospective developments in Web 2.0 use.

To support the review the Committee highlights the following relevant activities in this area: - [Web 2.0 technologies for learning: the current landscape –opportunities, challenges and tensions](http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_02&rid=15878), BECTA
- [Learners’ use of Web 2.0 technology in and out of school at KS3 and 4](http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&&catcode=_re_rp_02&rid=15879), BECTA
- [Student expectations study: Findings from preliminary research](http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/studentexpectationsbp.aspx), JISC
- [Great Expectations of ICT](http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/publications/greatexpectationsbp.aspx), JISC
- [Information behaviour of the researcher of the future](http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/reppres/gg_final_keynote_11012008.pdf), JISC
- [Effective use of social software by further and higher education in the UK](http://kn.open.ac.uk/public/workspace.cfm?wpid=8655), Open University (Funded by JISC)
- [Learning Literacies for a Digital Age](http://www.academy.gcal.ac.uk/llida/), Glasgow Caledonian University (Funded by JISC)