What are you talking about?
Social Media University
Web 1.0
Web 2.0
Who's Using This Stuff?
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
TWU
Over 5000 students taking one or more online classes.

According to the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications, it is essential that
“The institution recognizes that a sense of
community is important to the success of
many students, and that an ongoing, longterm relationship is beneficial to both
student and institution.”



Content creation is not just about sharing creative output; it is also about participating in conversations fueled by that content.
Source: Pew, 2007

Podcasts
At its most basic sense, social media is a shift in how people discover, read and share news, information and content. It's a fusion of sociology and technology, transforming monologue (one to many) into dialog (many to many).
Source: Wikipedia, 2009
http://www.tlu.edu/news/audio



http://www.youtube.com/user/universitynorthtexas
http://www.youtube.com/edu
http://www.youtube.com/edu?action_directory=1

http://www.youtube.com/user/uhouston
http://www.youtube.com/user/utpa0

http://www.youtube.com/user/texastech
http://www.youtube.com/user/tarletonstateu
http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Angelo-TX/Angelo-State-University/21397134399
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lubbock-TX/Texas-Tech-University/44930080504#/pages/Lubbock-TX/Texas-Tech-University/44930080504?v=wall&viewas=687670064

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nacogdoches-TX/Stephen-F-Austin-State-University/32604451786
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5957197854
http://www.untalumni.com/alumni_student_groups.php
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Austin-TX/Texas-Exes-The-University-of-Texas-Ex-Students-Association/12741031499
http://twitter.pbworks.com/Universities
http://twitter.com/riceuniversity
http://twitter.com/TexasTech
http://twitter.com/UTAustin
http://www.tlu.edu/athletics/athletics_twitter
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/psy/psychologypodcast/psychologypodcast.php
http://www.tamiu.edu/podcast/
http://utepathletics.cstv.com/podcasts/utep-podcasts.html
http://itunes.tamu.edu/
iTunes U
Make  it easy for the most "distant" student to access everything they need and then you have given the entire study body easy access. 
So what do you think...
Any questions?