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Sian Lawson on how to align expectations in the social media age
In some ways being a student and being a lecturer are not so different: we stay up late writing papers; we chase deadlines; we go to lectures.
Yet sometimes academics fall into the trap of assuming that students inhabit the same world as us, generating confusion when they act in ways we do not expect.
One obvious and crucial difference between the groups is the fact that the current crop of students have been immersed in a world of information technology their entire lives. It can be hard to grasp the discrepancies in etiquette and expectations that this can bring.
