Michael Scialdone
Doctoral Candidate
I am a Doctoral Candidate at The School of Information Studies (iSchool) of Syracuse University. For my dissertation, I am studying the use of Social Media in distance and blended learning environments. In particular, I am interested in how the design elements of Social Media impact student engagement and creativity in distance learning. My academic website can be accessed by clicking this link.
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| 11.01.2010 |
Work/Life Balance for Ph.D. StudentsWhile commonly prescribed strategies of “work/life” balance can sometimes be helpful for PhD students in academia, I think we are unique in that research can often be a solitary, isolating endeavor,... |
Social Media Observer |
| 06.25.2010 |
A Technology Fanaticism Model?Those of us in the Information Science/Information Systems disciplines are intimately familiar with TAM, or, the Technology Acceptance Model. At its most basic level, this is the idea that adoption... |
Social Media Observer |
| 04.13.2010 |
Political Correctness vs. THE ZOMBIES!!!!!The phenomenon of zombies in pop culture is hardly new; just look back to the classic B movie Night of the Living Dead in the 1960's, or Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in the 1980's. While I am in my... |
Social Media Observer |
| 02.23.2010 |
Speculations on Mobile Technology and Influences on Social EtiquetteIf it hasn't already been asked, I think a great research question would be: "in what ways have mobile communication technologies influenced face-to-face social etiquette?" About 5 or 6 years ago, as... |
Social Media Observer |
| 02.19.2010 |
(Not) Blogging on a Regular BasisOn numerous occasions, I have intended to sit down and blog. Great ideas for topics have struck me, and I have composed wonderful ways of articulating those ideas in my head. There are mornings where... |
Social Media Observer |
| 01.13.2009 |
Politics in the Classroom: A Few Thoughts and Discussion Points for EducatorsSo a friend of mine recently asked her Facebook friends if it would be inappropriate to have her students watch the presidential inauguration in class. I will ruin the suspense and say flat out that... |
Social Media Observer |
| 11.11.2008 |
It was a really good post....but...So I spent about 30 minutes writing feverishly about a particular topic today, and was about halfway through when I came to a realization. I couldn't continue with the post because it was coming off... |
Social Media Observer |
| 10.31.2008 |
Rambling of Autumn and NostalgiaI am not sure what it is about the fall, but something about this particular time of year makes me super nostalgic. I have always been prone to nostalgia, reflecting with sweet melancholy on things... |
Social Media Observer |
| 10.28.2008 |
Conundrums of Time Travel: Part 1While admittedly having essentially no experience in the field of physics, I came to an interesting problem in the idea of time travel. How often in popular media involving time travel (ie - Back to... |
Social Media Observer |
| 10.28.2008 |
Who, What, Where, When, Why, and other W's...except of course How: Another Jumbled Sense-Making RambleThe week of December 15, 2008...that is my set deadline to have my End of Coursework questions set in stone. That's about 7 weeks away, so I need to get seriously ponderous! I was on the bus today,... |
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