While there are many great social networking tools, LinkedIn is a more formal network for professionals. At LinkedIn you can meet other professionals, create a professional profile and resume, and make lifelong networking connections. It is also a great place to introduce to your students for finding jobs when they graduate.
Figure 1: Our LinkedIn Usage Survey Results for our CTL2009 Course 25-11-2009
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With LinkedIn you can add events and individuals can RSVP and let their networks know that they will be attending.
Figure 3: LinkedIn Groups
The Groups feature is helpful for connecting with other professionals on a regular basis.
And recently, LinkedIn added a new feature - you can now have a live Twitter feed in your LinkedIn profile.
There's also a similar social networking site for academics - Academia.edu. It is growing, but the number of users is small at this point. Check out the number of users from Tulane . On LinkedIn, there are over 500 professionals listed from Tulane.
In our CTL session today, we will discuss how a professional social networking site like LinkedIn might be useful for KIST faculty and students.
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